(ECNS) -- Mobile malware affected 50.46 percent of cellphones or wireless-enabled personal digital assistants in 2015, an increase of 18.96 percent year on year, according to the National Computer Virus Emergency Response Center.
The center said in a survey released on July 3 that Android malware attacks skyrocketed and that iOS was also vulnerable to viruses.
The top security threats to mobile devices were spam messages and fraudulent information, affecting 70.33 percent and 49.32 percent respectively, followed by harassing calls (48.78 percent) and Internet fraud (40.06 percent).
In 2015, the most serious online threat came from webpages or SMS that robbed netizens of their banking information.
Emails, apps, and removable storage devices were also found to be key ways that the security of mobile devices was threatened.
