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McAfee releases its Second Quarter Threats Report; mobile malware on the rise!
Published August 24, 2011
by McAfee
Calling this quarter "a period of chaos, changes, and new challenges," McAfee highlights the trends in the threat landscape in its just-released McAfee Threats Report:Second Quarter 2011.
Notable trends include:
- A significant rise is hacktivist activities. A hacktivist is a hacker-activist.
- Android moved from the third-most targeted platform for mobile malware to the first.
- An increase in for-profit mobile malware.
- A strong rise in fake anti-virus software.
- An increase in sites that deliver malware and potentially unwanted programs as well as phishing sites.
