40% of U.S. Mobile Users Will Click an Unsafe Link This Year

The chances that your mobile device has been hit by malware or spyware is largely dependent on geographic location, a new study suggests.

Mobile security company Lookout has revealed its State of Mobile Security Report 2012, which analyzed threat detection rates for its user base over a 12-month period, and found that the likelihood of contracting mobile malware is 41% in Russia, compared to about 5% in the U.S. Meanwhile, the percentage is significantly lower in Japan (0.04%).

Lookout partially attributes this mobile behavior endemic to certain regions, such clicking on suspicious links and downloading untrustworthy apps. In fact, four in 10 mobile users in the U.S. will click on…
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