英闻天下——440 Smartphone Users Face Increasing Threats

 　　The number of smartphone users in China has exceeded 300 million. However, Chinese smartphone users face increasing threats from malicious¹ applications, with the rising number of applications designed to hack² the phones' operating systems. Based on statistics by the National Computer network Emergency Response technical Team, the variety of mobile phone viruses has increased by 25 times over the past year.

 

　　Zhang Wan³ takes a closer look.

 

　　According to statistics by China's National Computer network Emergency Response Technical Team, the number of mobile phone virus samples reached nearly 163,000, which was 25 times higher than in 2011.

 

　　Media reports say one virus attacked about 1.17 million mobile phones last year. The virus might creep into the server and send junk messages with ads to your contacts.

 

　　Department Director of China's National Computer Network Emergency Response Technical Team Zhou Yonglin says smartphones running the Android system were the biggest victims.

 

　　"More than 80 percent of the viruses target the Android system. When we analyzed⁴ the nature of the malicious application, we found three categories of them, including malicious fee deduction⁵ apps, rogue⁶ apps and phone bill consumption apps. For the rogue apps, you never know when they are installed and cannot remove them from your mobile phone."

 

　　Currently, most brands of smartphones except Apple and Nokia are running the Android system. Anti-virus expert Fu Sheng says they have found several characteristics in the smartphone viruses.

 

　　"Based on our recent survey, at least 63 percent of the users have one malicious advertising⁷ app in their smartphones, while about 81 percent of the smartphone users have at least one malicious app that may reveal their private information. Also we found some hackers⁸ would re-pack these popular apps such as Angry Bird and make them into malicious apps that can steal private information."

 

　　Experts remind smartphone users to be cautious when downloading game apps and mobile payment apps.

 

　　Apart from malicious apps targeting smartphones, internet security has also become a big concern in China. According to a report by the National Computer Network Emergency Response Technical Team published on March 19, online attacks originating from IP addresses and servers in other countries and regions have grown sharply.

 

　　Greater international cooperation to thwart⁹ cyber-attacks, boost online security and end groundless accusations¹⁰ were some of the recommendations of a key report on internet security.

 

　　The report by the National Computer Network Emergency Response Technical Team says the Chinese government is working with 91 foreign organizations, covering 51 countries, and has signed 12 international agreements on cyber-protection. It says the team handled 4,063 online threats within the country last year.

 

　　The team's administration and operation director and a leading specialist on internet security Zhou Yonglin says cyber attacks from overseas servers are the key concern of the internet security watchdog.

 

　　The report says in 2012, Zhou's team tackled 961 cross-border online attacks in cooperation with overseas organizations, a 69 percent increase from 2011. Almost 15 million computers were affected¹¹ in 73,000 attacks originating from servers in foreign countries or regions last year.

 

　　Some experts say it is more important to boost awareness¹² of potential threats to Chinese internet users and suggested that small websites install software to prevent online attacks.

 

　　For CRI, I am Zhang Wan.

1 malicious   

adj.有恶意的，心怀恶意的

参考例句：

• You ought to kick back at such malicious slander. 你应当反击这种恶毒的污蔑。
• Their talk was slightly malicious.他们的谈话有点儿心怀不轨。

2 hack   

n.劈，砍，出租马车；v.劈，砍，干咳

参考例句：

• He made a hack at the log.他朝圆木上砍了一下。
• Early settlers had to hack out a clearing in the forest where they could grow crops.早期移民不得不在森林里劈出空地种庄稼。

3 wan   

(wide area network)广域网

参考例句：

• The shared connection can be an Ethernet,wireless LAN,or wireless WAN connection.提供共享的网络连接可以是以太网、无线局域网或无线广域网。

4 analyzed   

v.分析( analyze的过去式和过去分词 )；分解；解释；对…进行心理分析

参考例句：

• The doctors analyzed the blood sample for anemia. 医生们分析了贫血的血样。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The young man did not analyze the process of his captivation and enrapturement, for love to him was a mystery and could not be analyzed. 这年轻人没有分析自己蛊惑著迷的过程，因为对他来说，爱是个不可分析的迷。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 deduction   

n.减除，扣除，减除额；推论，推理，演绎

参考例句：

• No deduction in pay is made for absence due to illness.因病请假不扣工资。
• His deduction led him to the correct conclusion.他的推断使他得出正确的结论。

6 rogue   

n.流氓；v.游手好闲

参考例句：

• The little rogue had his grandpa's glasses on.这淘气鬼带上了他祖父的眼镜。
• They defined him as a rogue.他们确定他为骗子。

7 advertising   

n.广告业；广告活动 a.广告的；广告业务的

参考例句：

• Can you give me any advice on getting into advertising? 你能指点我如何涉足广告业吗?
• The advertising campaign is aimed primarily at young people. 这个广告宣传运动主要是针对年轻人的。

8 hackers   

n.计算机迷( hacker的名词复数 )；私自存取或篡改电脑资料者，电脑“黑客”

参考例句：

• They think of viruses that infect an organization from the outside.They envision hackers breaking into their information vaults. 他们考虑来自外部的感染公司的病毒，他们设想黑客侵入到信息宝库中。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Arranging a meeting with the hackers took weeks againoff-again email exchanges. 通过几星期电子邮件往来安排见面，他们最终同意了。 来自互联网

9 thwart   

v.阻挠，妨碍，反对；adj.横(断的)

参考例句：

• We must thwart his malevolent schemes.我们决不能让他的恶毒阴谋得逞。
• I don't think that will thwart our purposes.我认为那不会使我们的目的受到挫折。

10 accusations   

n.指责( accusation的名词复数 )；指控；控告；（被告发、控告的）罪名

参考例句：

• There were accusations of plagiarism. 曾有过关于剽窃的指控。
• He remained unruffled by their accusations. 对于他们的指控他处之泰然。

11 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

12 awareness   

n.意识，觉悟，懂事，明智

参考例句：

• There is a general awareness that smoking is harmful.人们普遍认识到吸烟有害健康。
• Environmental awareness has increased over the years.这些年来人们的环境意识增强了。