Malware detections for iOS increased, as did the number of vulnerabilities detected in this operating system, while in the case of Android, the number of reported vulnerabilities decreased, although the number of highly critical bugs reported increased.
Mobile security plays an increasingly important role in protecting information assets for both home and corporate users. In fact, with the advent of the Internet of Things and the thousands of non-traditional devices that are controlled by mobile applications, the security of our phones becomes increasingly relevant to protect the computers they connect to.
Therefore, throughout this publication we will conduct an analysis of the mobile security landscape based on statistics obtained during the first six months of the year, to assess what are the new trends in relation to the 2018 mobile security report.
Android Security
Up to June of this year 86 security bugs affecting Android have been published. In 2018, 611 CVE vulnerability have been listed (for the whole year). With this data, it seems that in 2019 the number of vulnerabilities will decrease abruptly, compared to previous years.
However, 68% of the bugs published in 2019 were deemed critical and 29% of them allowed malicious code to be executed. This is a considerable improvement over the last years, where the percentage of serious bugs was lower. Therefore, it is crucial that users install security patches in time to avoid being affected by serious vulnerabilities such as those patched by Google last July. In particular, ..
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