The mobile threat landscape varies significantly by geography. Not only does the aggregate likelihood of encountering a threat change as you move from North America to Europe to Asia, but the specific prevalence of mobile threats varies across a broad spectrum that ranges from irritating to dangerous. Lookout took a deep dive into data from the Lookout Platform to review the year in malware to date, from January to May 2013.
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World of Mobile Threats: UK
1. MOBILE THREATS AROUND THE WORLD
The mobile threat landscape varies significantly by geography. Not only does the aggregate
likelihood of encountering a threat change as you move from North America to Europe to
Asia, but the specific prevalence of mobile threats varies across a broad spectrum that ranges
from irritating to dangerous. Lookout took a deep dive into data from the Lookout Platform to
review the year in malware to date, from January to May 2013.
Adware dominates detections in all
countries, due to a lack of clear
guidelines for what is acceptable for
mobile advertising and higher payouts
for unscrupulous advertising methods.
A D W A R E
C H A R G E W A R E
S P Y W A R E
S U R V E I L L A N C E
T R O J A N
U S
1.66%
D E
2.37%
J P
0.78%
U K
2.16%
I N
5.49%
LIKELIHOOD
Chargeware is common in the
United Kingdom, a region that
several pornographic premium
SMS campaigns target.
This is a comparison of percentage
of likelihood per country and type
of mobile threat.
GLOBAL LIKELIHOOD BY TYPE OF THREAT
Probability of a user encountering at least one threat of the given type in a 7 day period.
We limited this deep dive to a specific set of countries across a range of global geographies,
including the US, UK, Germany, Japan and India.
Germany has a higher relative preva-
lence of Trojans than the other coun-
tries on our list; several premium
SMS families are most prevalent in
this region.
Surveillanceware is popular in the
US as it has found a quasi-legal
position in the market. This lower
barrier to entry allows developers
to target a wide audience.
Japan has a relatively small
number of threats compared to
other countries, likely because
premium SMS does not exist
in Japan.
India has a very high incidence
of Adware; several adware vari-
ants specifically target gaming
apps popular in this region.
A D W A R E
LIKELIHOOD
1.60%
Software that collects
sensitive information
about a person or device
through an ad platform.
C H A R G E W A R E
LIKELIHOOD
0.22%
Application that charges
fees without making the
charge clear to the user.
S P Y W A R E
LIKELIHOOD
0.10%
Program that gathers
data from a large group
of users and then trans-
mits sensitive data about
them without their knowl-
edge or consent.
S U R V E I L L A N C E
LIKELIHOOD
0.16%
Program that targets spe-
cific individuals or organi-
zations and is designed
to capture and transmit
sensitive user information
without their knowledge.
T R O J A N
LIKELIHOOD
0.53%
Program that appears
legit, but performs illicit
activity when it is run, or
allows someone to re-
motely take control of
the device.
1.20%
ADWARE
0.17%
CHARGEWARE
0.18%
SURVEILLANCE
0.78%
TROJAN
0.04%
SPYWARE
G E R M A N Y
2.37% threat likelihood
0.50%
ADWARE
0.01%
CHARGEWARE
0.01%
SURVEILLANCE
0.21%
TROJAN
0.05%
SPYWARE
J A P A N
0.78% threat likelihood 3.80%
ADWARE
0.49%
CHARGEWARE
0.24%
SURVEILLANCE
0.74%
TROJAN
0.22%
SPYWARE
I N D I A
5.49% threat likelihood
1 .00%
ADWARE
0.38%
CHARGEWARE
0.13%
SURVEILLANCE
0.55%
TROJAN
0.10%
SPYWARE
U N I T E D K I N G D O M
2.16% threat likelihood
0.90%
ADWARE
0.07%
CHARGEWARE 0.24%
SURVEILLANCE
0.24%
TROJAN
0.10%
SPYWARE
U N I T E D S T A T E S
1.66% threat likelihood