Mobile Communication Security Challenges |
CHAPTER 11 |
IT’S BEEN MORE THAN A DECADE since the first recognized occurrence of malware that specifically targeted a mobile phone in 2004. The malware, called Cabir, was released, not into the wild, but to antivirus software developers. This was primarily as a proof of concept that mobile phone operating systems such as Symbian were not invulnerable to the malware that plagued PCs.
Despite this head start, little was done to address this issue. By 2012, malware had become a significant problem. Not surprisingly, the rapid growth in the last several years of malware targeting one or another smartphone operating system (OS) has matched the huge growth in the use of smartphones and tablets. Although ...
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