Scary mobile malware than imagined?

Although the virus is the only threat to mobile data at the moment, security circles believe that a range of attacks are stalking users on the road ahead.

So far, most malicious programs targeting PDAs and mobile phones are just meek viruses, or "expertly tried" by the experts in the lab.

To penetrate into the phone, they require users to conduct a series of operations such as loading, running exe files ., so that the level of danger is not high.

However, security experts believe that hackers are eventually improving their attack methods.

Earlier, in the Internet Security report, Symantec once commented, " Mobile malware - especially those that use wireless messaging systems to lure users to visit black URLs - is the term. great concern of 2007 ".

The weakest link

Source: SecurityLabs In 2006, attacks on mobile phones were only counted on the fingers. The most notable of these is Mobispy, the first phone spy software found by researchers.

According to security firm F-Secure, there are more than 370 types of malware and mobile viruses in the air. They can wipe data inside the phone and even stealthily record all incoming / outgoing calls of the user, of course in case of a hacking.

As expected, 2008 will witness the emergence of a series of security threats that threaten the wireless trading system.

" As the smartphone market grows, the number of attacks will be significantly higher. Simply because hackers are always attacking the most influential links ," said Jan Volzke, McAfee's marketing director.

" In addition, the number of viruses that attack simple Java phones will be bigger and more aggressive ."

Trong Cam