New Threats Ahead for Mobile Networks

A third line of attack includes remote takeover of mobile devices by utilising strategies such as Malware attack, according to mobile phone encryption firms. Security vendors have alarmed about the threat of mobile Malware for at least 10 years, but it's only since the consumption of internet-enabled smartphones such as the iPhone that next year's threat has finally materialised.

The ikee Rickrolling worm and much more dangerous Duh mobile worm exploited default passwords on jailbroken iPhones to spread for the purposes of mischief and phishing Dutch banking credentials, respectively. These threats built up the exploit potential from earlier threats, which largely involved Trojan applications on Symbian devices and the like.

The recent research from computer scientists at Rutgers University shows that how rootlets on smartphones and possibly upcoming tablets like the iPad might be used to turn devices into "remotely-activated bugging or tracking systems". Rupp concluded "Smartphones have arrived at the internet age. There is sensitive data on these devices but the level of perception of the threat has not developed."

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