Buzzin Mobiles » Spam & Viruses http://www.buzzinmobiles.co.uk UK Mobile Phones News & Reviews for Business & Personal use Thu, 09 Sep 2010 16:33:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 More Spam & Viruses to Hit Mobile Networks http://www.buzzinmobiles.co.uk/more-spam-viruses-to-hit-mobile-networks/12/ http://www.buzzinmobiles.co.uk/more-spam-viruses-to-hit-mobile-networks/12/#comments Tue, 22 Apr 2008 09:08:13 +0000 Terry Lane http://www.buzzinmobiles.co.uk/more-spam-viruses-to-hit-mobile-networks/12/ Every business knows how frustrating and time-consuming it is to turn on your computer each morning only to be bombarded with unsolicited emails. Spam, spam, spam, spam, trojans, viagra, viruses and more spam.

But now hi-tec cyber criminals are making the move from the internet to our mobile phone networks. Be ready and cautious as spam, viruses and trojans will be coming to a mobile phone near you soon.

In a report for the BBC website, Simeon Coney, head of business development at Adaptive Mobile states

“There’s a real transition from online into the mobile space.”

It took a much longer period for hackers and spammers to turn into money-making cyber criminals but the process has happened much quicker in its switch from the internet to mobile technologies.

There has already been 10 new mobile viruses and trojans in 2008 alone, according to the report; and as more businesses are using their business mobile phones for email and the internet as well as text messaging, viruses and and attacks will become more prevalent.

Read more – Cyber Criminals to Target Mobiles by Mark Ward

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