AFP: Cyber criminals Seek smart phone NewsRilis PersTentang KamiKetentuan PenggunaanForumRSSTwitter Top between newsNasionalUmumPolkamHukumPendidikanKesehatanNakerUnikInternasionalAsiaoseaniaAmerikaEropaTimur TengahAfrikaEkonomiMakroMoneterBisnisBursaEdukasi BisnisInfo PerbankanOlahragaSepakbolaTenisBulutangkisBasketTinjuBalapUmumHiburanSinemaMusikSelebritiSeni BudayaGaya HidupTeknologiSainsKomputerGadgetInternetWarta BumiPemanasan GlobalFlora FaunaPencemaranArtikelKomentarOpiniBukuAntara KitaJedaVisiFotoVideoEnglish Cyber criminals Seek smart phone Wednesday, February 9, 2011, 1: 09 PM | 1567 Views Gadgets (AFP/Lukisatrio) cyber crime is becoming a trend in the entire Related Beware Virus attacks duniaBerita Smartphone Beware Virus attacks BBC Launches iPlayer Smartphone for the iPad and Android Smartphone Data: 5 Tips "Google Translate" is now on iPhone San Francisco (Reuters)-smart phones become the primary target for hackers and spammers (junk messages spreaders), report a computer security firm McAfee, Wednesday, as quoted by AFP.

Based on the reports of the threat (Computer) McAfee during the last three months of 2010, the quantity of malicious software called "malware" rose 46 percent over the past year compared with the year 2009.

"Cyber crime continue to observe carefully what middle-what is popular and what will be the largest to the smallest enterprises of influential," says Senior Vice President of McAfee Labs Vincent Weafer.

"We see important changes in the various regions that indicates cyber crime becomes a trend around the world. McAfee Labs also saw the direct connection between the popularity of devices and cyber crime activities, namely a trend we expect rise in 2011, "he said.

McAfee already seen software threats against mobile devices continues to increase within a few years later following the soaring popularity of smart phones and tablet computers.

"Threats to mobile platforms is not a new thing," said McAfee. "Even so, after more and more consumers are using mobile devices and tablets in our everyday lives and their work, then the cyber criminals also participate mencermatinya."

Malware Geinimi sneak into games-games and other applications for Android-based phone claimed McAfee as "one of the most important threats this quarter."

With the growing number of smart phones, tablets, televisions, and computers associated with the Internet, the hackers tend to seek a "poisoned" Internet search results with links to the site penjebak by malware.

"Web-based Threats will continue to grow both in terms of size or level of sophistication," said McAfee.

Hacker tactics including luring people to a fake site, for then they cheat in order to download malware or expose valuable information.

Software products such as Adobe Flash and Acrobat are easy targets for makers of malware and cyber crime so much computer or network.

The good news, in the last quarter of 2010 spam (junk mail) reached the lowest level in three years. (*) ENY
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