Smartphones and tablets are victims of their own popularity. As they become more popular, cyber criminals create increasingly more viruses for them.
Threats to the owners of smartphones and tablets have become more frequent. The number of attacks against smartphones increased by almost 50% in 2010, according to a study of McAfee antivirus software developer.
As market share Android operating system and IOS increases, more and more malware is made with dedication to them.
Most threats are attacking Android
Last month, it turned a year since Kaspersky Lab has discovered one of the first malware that target mobile platform Android operating system, SMS Trojan FakePlayer.
How is the phone attacked
More and more people use the Internet directly from your phone, so that may become victims of fraud attempts through social engineering techniques used by cyber criminals - click on a link that redirects the user to a page with a "interesting" video that, for viewing, you must download an application or a special plugin.
If the user accepts, will be installed an application that provides access to basic phone functions - sending SMS to premium rate numbers, calls etc..
Anti-theft services
On Android Market, the most popular antivirus is AVG, for both tablets and smartphones. The application scans in real time, programs, pictures, movies, files and has the ability to save all data in the system. More than that, it can locate lost or stolen phones using Google Maps.
BitDefender has announced the introduction of anti-theft features and SD memory card scanning, Mobile Security Beta, free security software for devices using the Android operating platform. With the new feature, users can easily locate lost or stolen mobile phones.
In case of theft, they can remotely wipe all information from the phone, to prevent criminals to access personal data. BitDefender Mobile Security provides now the scanning function SD memory cards, which prevents downloading various types of malware on the phone.
