Mobile Malware Targeting Smartphones

Nearly one out of every 63 smartphones powered by the Symbian operating system is infected with some form of malware, according to a new study by mobile security firm SMobile Systems.

A comparison of these statistics to the worldwide smartphone population places the number of infected devices globally in the millions. Because the vast majority of these infections are designed to be stealthy and the fact few smartphones have Anti-Malware applications, most infected users are unaware their devices have been compromised.

Throughout 2009 SMobile's Global Threat Center has seen an increase in the capabilities of new malware infecting mobile devices, as well as frequency of attacks. The attacks have taken the form of worms and Trojans that are transmitted via Bluetooth, SMS, MMS, or emails, as well as Spyware that is downloaded from various online application and shareware websites.

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