Trend Micro warns Indian Android App Users

Trend Micro has reportedly revealed the Security Round up Report for Q1 2013. It disclosed the information that India stood at second place among the spam-sending countries. In addition, as predicted, Trend Micro saw improvements in already-known threats like spam botnets, banking Trojans and readily available exploit kits.

"Fake apps remained a significant mobile threat in this quarter. Malicious apps that belong to the FAKEINST and OPFAKE families are known for imitating popular apps to lure users into downloading them. Android users from India are acutely exposed to the risk of privacy exposure.  This might have been due to the fact that almost all of the mobile users in the country take notice of mobile ads, which could have prompted dubious developers to create apps with aggressive advertising features", said Amit Nath, Country Manager, India & SAARC, Trend Micro.

The report further revealed that the Android threat volume has reached the halfway mark in relation to 2013 prediction - 1M, indicating continued cybercriminal interest in the mobile space. The increase could be attributed to the fact that more than half of the global mobile device market share belongs to Google.