Report: Two-Thirds Of Android Apps ‘Suspicious’ – DarkReading

An interesting read. But, as the article states, the report may be more about headlines than substance.

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The security of Android apps was called into question by a report issued on Tuesday by SMobile Systems, an Ohio-based mobile security company.

The survey of over 48,000 apps in the Android Market notes that “one in every five applications request permissions to access private or sensitive information that an attacker could use for malicious purposes.”

It further states that one in twenty Android apps have the potential to place unauthorized calls. “One out of every twenty applications has the ability to place a call to any number without interaction or authority from the user,” the report says.

via Report: Two-Thirds Of Android Apps ‘Suspicious’ – DarkReading.