Android devices are reportedly more vulnerable to next-generation malware than iPhones.
Stoking worries that smartphones and tablets represent the next frontier for malware, security researchers have discovered a vast botnet on over a million devices in China. The Chinese news agency Xinhua and the BBC report that the botnet makes it so that smartphones can be hijacked remotely, potentially for DoS attacks or other malevolent purposes. Android devices are reportedly more vulnerable than Apple’s devices, due to the openness of the Android Marketplace.
