25,000 Android malware apps have been identified as of the second quarter of 2012, an increase of 317% over the number of samples found in the first quarter of 2012, which is compounded against the fact that Trend Micro has seen only 1 in 5 Android devices with a security app installed.

Trend Micro threat researchers predict that by the end of 2012 there may be over 120,000 malicious Android apps available.

Here’s the Infographic from TrendLabs “Behind the Android Menace: Malicious Apps”

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