New York Times: Hackers Are Starting To Go After Smartphones
The smartphones you and your small business employees carry may be the next target for hackers looking for ‘bots’ to use in spamming and denial of service attacks. It’s time to start taking mobile security more seriously.
“SINGAPORE — In September, a virus began infecting more than a million mobile phones in China. Masquerading as an anti-virus application, “zombie” let hackers access the phone’s SIM card and automatically send spam text messages to people listed on the phone’s address book.
As global sales of smartphones rise quickly, experts are predicting a rise in malware, or malicious software, and other security threats that are spread through mobile devices.”