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The Android platform -- which happens to the most popular globally -- is the most under attack. According to a recent report by security firm F-Secure, more than 51,000 different threats targeting Android devices were discovered during the third quarter of the year.

This past year, hundreds of thousands of Apple computers -- which had long been thought to be immune to viruses -- were hit with the so-called Flashback or Fakeflash malware. Apple machines had been free from attack for so long that the computer giant brazenly stated on its website that "it doesn't get PC viruses." You won't find that claim online anymore. Now Apple only says its computers are "built to be safe."

Read more: Many cyber criminals shifting focus to smartphones | CTV News

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