LAGOS, (CAJ News) – NIGERIA’S tremendous growth potential in mobile is also a prime target for threat actors. According to a mobile technology specialist, mobile users in Africa’s biggest economy and most populous country have been impacted by mobile malware during the coronavirus pandemic. One in nine Android phones in Nigeria are now infected with mobile malware, according to proprietary data gathered by Upstream. The findings are carried in a 2021 report entitled: “A Pandemic On Mobile – Mobile Ad Fraud and Malware.” Insights for Nigeria come from a three-month sensor campaign, that aimed to determine fraud levels in the country from November 2020 to January 2021.