Thursday, December 22, 2005
McAfee: 2006 - Attack of the Mobile Malware
Posted by Darius Wey in "THOUGHT" @ 12:00 AM
"More Mobile Attacks - A Serious Cause for Concern: Mobile malware was first sighted in June 2004 when a group of professional virus writers created the first proof-of-concept virus for smartphones demonstrating that malicious code could be created for Symbian operating systems. Soon after, 'Duts' was released the first virus for Pocket PC Systems and the first file infector for smartphones. Since then, several mobile Trojans have appeared, resulting in an alarming growth of mobile malware. McAfee AVERT Labs expects to see a significant rise in the number of global mobile threats in 2006. The use of smartphone technology has played a pivotal role in the threat's transition from multifunction, semi-stationary PCs to palm-sized "wearable" devices. And as a result of the increased connectivity of smartphones, McAfee AVERT Labs expects these threats to make a quick transition to converged devices."
So they say 2006 will be one of mobile malware's 'deadliest' years on record - but hang on, don't they say that every year? ;) Read this report from McAfee and see if you agree with them. Will existing antivirus programs for the Pocket PC finally have a purpose? Are i-mate and CA getting ready to utter those four magical words, "we told you so"? You decide.
So they say 2006 will be one of mobile malware's 'deadliest' years on record - but hang on, don't they say that every year? ;) Read this report from McAfee and see if you agree with them. Will existing antivirus programs for the Pocket PC finally have a purpose? Are i-mate and CA getting ready to utter those four magical words, "we told you so"? You decide.
