Android Much More Malware-Prone Than iOS in Enterprise

Businesses can better protect themselves from malware by using iOS rather than Android devices, reveals a new report from security firm Skycure. In the enterprise, Android devices are almost twice as likely to become infected โ€“ despite, in the US, Apple devices being more than twice as popular.

Using data sourced from millions of monthly security tests from January through March 2016, Skycureโ€™s Mobile Threat Intelligence Report for the yearโ€™s first quarter indicates that, in organizations, 5.7% of Android devices have high/medium severity malware. That figure is only 3% for iOS devices.

Worse, it has been found that, of the detected malware on Android devices, 76% is unique โ€“ and, therefore, more dangerous. Only 22% of such malware on iOS devices was found to be unique, making many security dangers that do arise on iOS easier for users to counter or avoid.

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