---In a head-to-head comparison, Symantec found that Apple's iOS is more secure than Google's Android. Specifically, iOS was characterized as having "full protection" against malware attacks, while Android was deemed to have "little protection."---
Actually, if you read the Symantec report, they rip both platforms, and point out examples of iOS apps that sent personal info to remote servers.
His post makes perfect sense and has a great point. Android is an insecure POS platform. How stupid is it that it's so insecure that it needs Antivirus software?
The report also said that Android was better at security in some ways.
Symantec's reports are meant to scare people into buying their product. It's their livelihood.
I am very thankful for Apple that they sit there and screen every app that goes in the store. Sure, some garbage (ie, not fun games, lol) still makes it in, but at least I know it's not putting a virus on my phone or doing something detrimental to my iDevice.
Apple cannot prevent a timed Trojan. Heck, a kid even managed to sneak in a WiFi hotspot to his flashlight app without Apple noticing.
As Symantec put it, Apple's "
vetting approach is not foolproof, and almost certainly can be circumvented by a determined attacker"... even though nobody knows of such a case... yet.
There are always security holes. If you recall, the very first iOS update came because there was a way to take over the device using a web page.
An interesting thing about Android is that it has a lot of third parties who constantly test new apps, looking for hidden code. That said, I think it would be good if Google did at least some automated testing on submissions.
PS. A better summary of
iOS security (and holes) is this iSec report.
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