There have been over 1,000 instances of Android malware found this year and the rate of growth has nearly doubled since July. Smartphones are increasingly becoming targets for malicious hackers because they are filled with rich data, tied to payments processing services and typically have less security than a personal computer. You thought 2011 was the Year Of Mobile Malware? Wait till you see 2012.
Mobile security firm Lookout has made six predictions for the trends of mobile malware in 2012. Some are rooted (no pun intended) in some of the emerging trends in the latter half of 2011 while others are new and potentially harmful evolutions that could engulf users in a stream of spam, viruses and malware.
Article source: http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/6_mobile_malware_predictions_for_2012.php
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