Friday, September 14, 2007

Future mobile attacks inevitable

<A HREF="http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci1271668,00.html?track=sy160&asrc=RSS_RSS-10_160">Mobile malware attacks will become a profitable target</A> for cybercriminals in the next year, brought on by more powerful smartphones that make shopping and Web browsing much easier for users.

That was the message from a new report being issued this week by researchers at McAfee's Avert Labs. Mobile malware is not yet a great threat in the United States, but mobile malware in Japan has skyrocketed and is rising precipitously in Europe, according to the report.

The report examined smartphones using Windows Mobile Microsoft operating system. But popular use of the Apple iPhone and rising use of similar Windows smartphones could make cell phone users a target, said Dave Marcus, security research and communications manager at McAfee Avert Labs.

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