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1. Malicious Mobile Apps
A Growing Threat in 2013 and Beyond
The workplace technology
landscape has changed
dramatically over the past
five years, and the security
threats have changed along
with it. Here are the growing
factors that IT professionals
can't afford to ignore:
More mobile devices
are accessing networks
than ever before
of SMBs
support tablets and/or smartphones
for their company
The types of mobile devices accessing networks vary
66%
54%
BYOD
Personal/guest
mobile devices
92%
83%
51%
51%
iOS
Android
BlackBerry
Windows
76%
The number
believe
of
Mobile Devices They Support
will
INCREASE
12 MONTHS
in the next
Malicious Mobile Apps (MMAs)
are reaching critical mass
2012
58%
in
mobile malware families increased
to account for
59%
of all mobile malware
What does mobile malware do?
32%
15%
steal
information
13%
track
user
8%
send
content
reconfigure
device
RESEARCH HAS FOUND THAT:
12%
of all Android apps are
truly malicious, & free
apps are a target.
79%
of the top 50 free iOS &
Android apps are associated
with risky behaviors or
privacy issues.
73%
24%
of IT pros are not notified
when a mobile device has
been rooted.
of mobile phones on
corporate networks are
jailbroken.
MMAs are also found through legitimate app stores like
IT PROS
73%
25%
of IT pros believe their security
solution is not very or not at all
effective at protecting against MMAs
of IT pros believe MMAs are
not a very big or not a threat
at all to their company
28%
?
30%
x
of IT pros are not very or not
at all familiar with MMAs
of IT pros believe there
will be more mobile
threats to their network
in the next 12 months
Find out the truth
behind MMAs and how to protect
your network from mobile app threats.
View the ATTACk of the mobile
apps webinar from webroot
www.spiceworks.com/webroot/apps
Sources: Voice of IT Survey on Malicious Mobile Apps (Spiceworks, May, 2013)
Internet Security Threat Report - 2013 (Symantec, April 2013)
February App Reputation Report – (Appthority, February 2013)
Webroot Research
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