Risk of Spam and Viruses that Attack Mobile Devices

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The risk of spam and viruses that attack mobile devices is set to rise, says a report.

Security experts suggest current risks are small, and that attacks will take the same form as PC spam and scams.

End-user protection like anti-virus software is not yet mature in the mobile market, so the issue is being addressed by the network operators.

Mobile users are urged to employ the same safe behaviours familiar from PCs to reduce risks.

New threat

The annual Emerging Cyber Threats Report from the Georgia Institute of Technology Information Security Center (GTISC) in the US has identified mobile devices as particularly vulnerable platform.

It said that as more and more people adopt smartphones, more applications will allow financial and payment infrastructure that employs them, and the availability of such sensitive data will prove to be a draw for cybercriminals.

The growth of mobile spam and viruses has been reminiscent of the early days of PC spam and scam, says Simeon Coney of Adaptive Mobile, a firm that tracks malware and provides security software for mobile firms. - BBC

[Vito Andoline]

maayo nalng kay wa ko kapalit ug dayon sa I phone.hadlok na non ko dah

[G@Len]

worm and virus attacks are true to the people using windows mobile as base OS but for iphone, google android and other custom linux... somehow still safe... for now... pero for the spam emails then depende na sa email service provider kung unsa ka maayo ilang filtering.

sa giingon nila, risk is always there as long as you're network connected so tanan mag-depende lang jud sa user. one of my colleague told me that he's not using any anti-virus software sa iyang windowsXP SP3 pero updated lang sya sa mga release patches then "never" surf porn sites...  then wala pa jud daw sya masudli ug virus since na-purchase niya iyang PC.