Why mobile phone is the softest target for hackers

Checkpoint estimated that 4.9 million fake apps installed on infected devices, displayed up to 100 million ads netting $1.5 million in just two months last year. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Mobile Malware is 35 times more prevalent than ransomware globally, a report shows.

Data from cybersecurity firm Checkpoint show that in 2017, the year in which Ransomware including WannnaCry and Petya disrupted businesses and governments globally, the attacks were still fewer than those carried out by mobile malware.

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