Dasient CTO Neil Daswani, who is scheduled to give a talk on the full results of the study at this year's Black Hat conference, also notes that the number of malware samples Dasient has detected on Android devices has doubled in the past two years.
Android-specific malware seems to be popping up more frequently. Recently, a new variant of the notorious bank account-stealing Zeus Trojan known as "ZitMo," or "Zeus-in-the-Mobile," has been discovered on Android smartphones. In addition, a new version of the "DroidDream Light" malware, as well as a new Android threat dubbed "HippoSMS," have been discovered.