While Google's Android operating system has won hearts of numerous device makers; a latest report indicates that it is most vulnerable to hacking. 

Being an open source, anyone can create or install an application on an Android phone, analysts believe. On the other hand, other device makers like Apple and BlackBerry are more secure which control Application store that imposes a layer of screening to the data.  

According to report, Blackberry devices get benefited from the fact that they were originally designed more as a platform than a device, while Apple’s iOS, ranked second most secure platform. 

It is worth noticing, with the passage of time, number of cyber attacks are escalating to steal data or even money stored in the smartphones. To the reader’s surprise, there were just 11,138 mobile malware samples were recorded in whole 2010, while they soared 155 percent to 28,472 in 2011. 

Market watchers believe, this is the reason why several sessions at this year's Mobile World Congress therefore addressed security, with firms including McAfee, SAP, Kaspersky Lab. These companies are trotting out numerous new security products for tablets or smartphones.