Smart phones

[Drubbing]

To date now there is something like 60 million different unique signatures of computer malware with about 10000 being discovered each day. I shit you not.

Computer malware, and now phone malware is big big business.

Probably the same numbers of viruses and worms out there. My Mac couldn't give a shit. People kept saying Mac will get targeted and suffer the same as PCs when they get bigger market share. They have and it hasn't.

Never got any viruses, spyware or malware on my PC laptop either.

But then I've never downloaded any old shit from anywhere and everywhere. Phone users should learn to do the same. I would think Android will see any holes in its platform and address them if there are issues.

 

[Minorci]

How do these things attack the system?

Do they require open bluetooth channels, or are they trojan in nature?

Consumers generally will not give two stuffs as long as
a) it doesn't stop them from posting their shit on facebook
and
b) can be blamed on someone other than themselves (when they install the four thousandth app which does nothing to enhance their mobile phone usage or experience)

Majority is through apps. We're seeing ones that spam premium ph no's to turn profits. To more nefarious ones that will record phone conversations geoip tag it and send it to a server.