Dangerous malware such as Uroburos, spyware on Android smartphones and a growing number of cases involving malware attacks on mobile devices – 2014 was marked by cyber espionage, hacker attacks and cyber campaigns. Number of 3.5 million new strains of malware has been exceeded for the first
Avast, one of the biggest PC and Mobile security software companies announced a major investment from CVC Capital Partners. This investment of an unspecified amount values Avast at $1 billion. According to Opswat‘s Antivirus market Share Report for January 2014, Avast follows Microsoft in the top market