Mobile Security Threats Facing Sharply

Posted: Feb 08, 2011 |Comments: 0 |

Mobile security threats, increased dramatically in recent years the proliferation of Internet-enabled wireless devices such as smart phones and tablets are new opportunities for cybercriminals, security software maker McAfee (MFE.N) said. His fourth Threat Report, released Tuesday.

McAfee said that the number of new pieces of mobile malware that was found in 2010 grew by 46 percent over 2009′s level. "The more people use the Internet for expanding the pool equipment – PC, tablet, smartphone or Internet TV – Web-based threats continue to grow in size and sophistication," he said.

McAfee, which bought Intel (INTC.O) and 7.68 billion dollars, said he expected to PDF and Adobe Flash manufacturer (ADBE.O) to remain a favorite of hackers this year, when he has passed Microsoft (MSFT . O), the popularity of a target in 2010.This is because the trend of greater popularity in the Adobe mobile and non-Microsoft environments, combined with the widespread use of PDF files to distribute malware.

McAfee says Google (GOOG.O) Android, Nokia has surpassed last quarter (NOK1V.HE) as a software producer in the world's most popular smartphone, was attacked by a Trojan horse, which itself buried in applications Android and games.And political reasons, had been hacking on the rise, he said, the main character is the most visible group "Anonymous" activist dedicated to the websites of the organizations considered hostile to the controversial Wikileaks website.

Confirms a trend that other companies have reported security software, McAfee said spam levels had fallen sharply, especially in the second half of the fourth quarter with 62 percent less at the end of that beginning.The company said however that spam has reached its lowest level since several years have been only a transition period of several botnets – collections of computers used to act together – going to bed on time normally occupied by the year.

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