Future Mobile Phone Attacks Inevitable

Within the new technology rising in mobile phones, so is the possibility for an attack. According to researchers at McAfee, mobile malware attacks are not yet popular. The key word there was “yet”. The mobile phone industry really has hit a large boom in terms of smartphones. The phones most consumers and businessmen are using today are not the old-fashioned flip phone, but a device which can do more than just make telephone calls. Currently today Microsoft has a mobile platform called Windows Mobile. They just currently released a new version called Windows Mobile 6. Apple’s IPhone is a similar device offering web browsing, word document editing, and customers to purchase items through their phone. Researchers predict within the next few years the attacks will become large on mobile phones. Many of the phones right now have Wi-Fi built into them for fast internet browsing. This poses a threat in the same way a regular computer would be connected to the internet. Even though it is a mobile phone it is connecting to servers and getting information from another source. Right now this source is trusted, but cybercriminals are beginning to work on ways to hack important information from the mobile phone. Text messages, phone books, important spreadsheets are all types of information that could be intercepted and stolen. A good rule of thumb would be to know the websites you are visiting through the mobile web browser. This will allow the average user’s phone to remain safe, and always remember never give out important information to an unauthorized source.