Malicious mobile apps decrease in final quarter of 2017

A new report from digital threat management company RiskIQ states malicious mobile apps declined at the end of 2017. To reach these findings the firm analyzed 120 mobile app stores and it puts the decline down largely to a decrease in the inventory of AndroidAPKDescargar, the most prolific dealer of blacklisted apps. Feral apps -- those available for download outside of a store on the web -- fell in popularity for the first time in several quarters too, slipping from the number two spot and giving way to three other stores. The top stores hosting blacklisted apps are AndroidAPKDescargar with… [Continue Reading]