LONDON-Friday 19 July 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]
(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Secure-D,
mobile security platform by leading technology company Upstream,
launched a new mobile malware center that reports suspicious Android
applications it detects and blocks around the world. The information on
the Secure-D Index,
currently in beta, allows anyone to easily find what apps pose a threat
to their privacy and pocket, in one place, for free. Data is openly
available to the whole mobile industry, from app developers, ad networks
and publishers, to media, advertisers and mobile network operators that
all fall prey to mobile ad fraud.
The
Secure-D Index includes an aggregated list of Android applications that
have been identified as suspicious by Upstream’s security platform. For
each app the Secure-D Index center features pertinent information such
as number of downloads, market infection rate and markets where the app
is active. Data is currently available for 17 markets, including the US,
Russia, India, Germany, South Africa and Egypt, covering up to 1.3
billion mobile data subscribers. The Index lists over 1,500 malicious
apps with an estimate of 13.5 billion downloads. Users can check whether
the apps are available on Google Play, have been removed from Google
Play, or are distributed through third-party app stores. The developer
and a link to the developer’s website are also provided when available.
Dimitris Maniatis, Head of Secure-D at Upstream, commented: “Secure-D
leads the fight against malware, an ever-growing threat for mobile
security worldwide. We believe a crucial part of this fight is
awareness, which mobile users and, surprisingly, a large part of the
industry lacks. At Upstream, we have been steadily and openly sharing
Secure-D’s proprietary findings on suspicious and fraudulent apps in an
effort to eliminate digital mobile fraud. The publication of these
findings through our Secure-D Index highlights the level of awareness we
aim to achieve and the transparency we believe is required to more
effectively target the shady practices of threat actors that prey on a
whole ecosystem”.
All
Secure-D Index information is available for free. Users can access the
top 20 most active malware from the previous day and register for free
to access full data, either global or country specific, see historical
data or search for a specific app. Currently in beta mode, the Secure-D
Index is planned to improve and expand with further functionalities and
data from additional markets.
In
2018 alone, Secure-D having processed over 1.8 billion mobile
transactions, detected and blocked over 63,000 malicious apps in 16
countries. The security platform identifies and blocks over 170 new
malware every single day. Earlier this year Secure-D reported on the
suspicious background activity of 4shared, a popular file sharing app,
Vidmate, a video downloader, and Weather Forecast a preinstalled app on
Alcatel devices. All these apps with a total of 600 million downloads,
were or had been at some point available on Google Play. In these three
cases alone, Secure-D detected and blocked near 250 million suspicious
mobile transactions.
By
providing information on suspicious apps freely to the public via
Secure-D Index, Upstream aims to further protect mobile subscribers,
operators and advertisers from the ever-growing threat of mobile ad
fraud, whose value is currently estimated at $40 billion.
The Secure-D Index center can be accessed here.
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Contacts
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Upstream Corp Comms
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