The findings weren’t very sweet when researchers tested Android 4.2 Jelly Bean’s beefed-up security. Of the 1,260 malware samples the team at North Carolina State University tossed at the OS, only 15 percent of them were detected by Google’s app verification service. By contrast, Android anti-malware programs from 10 third-party software makers had detection rates ranging from 51 to 100 percent, the researchers found.
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Study: Nefarious Apps Easily Slip Past Jelly Bean Security
Posted by: John P. Mello Jr. December 17, 2012 08:41 AMThe findings weren’t very sweet when researchers tested Android 4.2 Jelly Bean’s beefed-up security. Of the 1,260 malware samples the team at North Carolina State University tossed at the OS, only 15 percent of them were detected by Google’s app verification service. By contrast, Android anti-malware programs from 10 third-party software makers had detection rates ranging from 51 to 100 percent, the researchers found.