Peaches Posted February 9, 2011 Report Share Posted February 9, 2011 </h3><h3>McAfee: Mobile threats on the rise by Don Reisinger Mobile threats are spreading and spam continues to be a thorn in the average person's side, according to a new McAfee report about the fourth quarter. Mobile malware threats increased by 46 percent last year as criminals continued to embrace new opportunities on smartphones and tablets, the security firm said today. "One of the most important threats of the quarter" among mobile devices was the Android-based Geinimi Trojan that Zeus botnet creators unleashed. It was flanked by several other malware threats, like the Symbian OS-focused Zitmo.A, McAfee said. "Cybercriminals are keeping tabs on what's popular, and what will have the biggest impact from the smallest effort," Vincent Weafer, senior vice president of McAfee Labs, said in a statement. "McAfee Labs also sees the direct correlation between device popularity and cybercriminal activity, a trend we expect to surge in 2011." Read more details here: http://news.cnet.com/security/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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