Security threats to mobile devices such as malware and SMS spoofing are becoming the preferred targets of cyber criminals as the popularity of Android and iPhone devices usage continues to increase. Users are tending to move away from using their PCs and using their mobile devices for functions they previously would use their desktop computer for.
The latest industry estimates the cost of cyber crime in the United States in 2011 is $21 billion and $110 billion worldwide for both PC and mobile device usage like Android and iPhone. The frequency of mobile threats doubled between 2010 and 2011 and it’s estimated that as high as 35 percent of mobile users have either had their device lost or stolen, exposing them to security breaches such as data or identity theft.
Links to websites with malicious code appear to be the most prevalent with as many as four in ten users having clicked on an unsafe/unknown link. These malware threats can come through email, social networks, SMS based spam and phishing. Which will increase need to take iPhone and Android support. It seems that Android users are more exposed as their operating system is the most popular for cyber criminals. Read more....
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