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The Current State of Mobile Malware

Trouble on the Horizon

Research Report

Pages
6
Deliverables
Released
3Q 2009
Product Code
RR-1630-10
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For a number of years security experts have warned that hackers would begin attacking cellular phones the same way they have attacked PCs. Today there are a number of signs that these predictions are finally coming true. This Research Report examines some of the most recent types of attacks and looks at the relative levels of vulnerability to malware in major cellular phone platforms. It also looks into the opportunities for hackers provided by the presence of multiple radio technologies on the same handset.

Table of Contents


Section 1.
The Current State of Mobile Malware
1.1. Mobile Malware Hype versus Reality
1.2. Drivers for Mobile Malware
1.3. Obstacles for Mobile Malware
1.4. Symbian Attacks
1.5. iPhone Attacks
1.6. Microsoft Windows Mobile as a Target
1.7. RIM Phones as Targets
1.8. The Changing Handset OS Landscape
1.9. The Threat from Multiple Wireless Technologies on a Handset
1.10. The Current Mobile Security Market