Chapter 1. Solutions in this chapter:
- Understanding Why Mobile Malware Matters Today
- An Introduction to MM Threats
- An Introduction to Mobile Security Terminology
- Summary
- Solutions Fast Track
- Frequently Asked Questions
Introduction
Explosive growth in the mobile market of smartphones, personal digital assistants (PDA), and similar integrated devices like an iPhone has become evident since the turn of the century. Concurrent with this emergent growth in the mobile media market is the development of mature cyber-criminal fraud operations and the spread of the first mobile malware (MM) in the wild.
Since at least 2000, select security experts have predicted gloom and doom about pending future attacks against smartphones and other mobile devices. ...
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