Think Your Smartphone Is Safe? Think Again!
Jul 17th, 2012 | By Tim GeorgeSmartphones aren’t the prime target of virus writers — yet. Hackers are ramping up their efforts, however, unleashing a variety of attacks that specifically target smartphone owners. In the past year, “we’ve noticed a 900 percent increase of malware for mobile devices that run the Android OS,” said Catalin Cosoi, global research director at Romanian security firm Bitdefender. “Although some of the samples are oriented towards profit, by sending text messages or phoning to premium-rate numbers, the wide majority [are] focused on extracting personal information from the device, such as contacts, text messages, browser history
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