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Mobile security threats highest in banking malware

08/29/201308/26/2013 Jennifer Goula

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McAfee has released data that shows that these are the largest concerns in the current wireless environment. According to a report that was just released by McAfee Labs, “backdoor” Trojans and banking malware, which steal information from a device without the awareness of the victim, were the greatest threats to smartphone and tablet users during the second quarter of 2013. There were 17,000 new malware strains discovered by McAfee during the second quarter for Android based devices. That represents a growth rate of 35 percent over the number of new…

Mobile security threats fall in U.S. despite global growth

07/31/201307/27/2013 L. Green

A midyear report has indicated that the American trend is moving in a different direction than the rest of the world. According to the most recent mobile security report issued by NQ Mobile, there were 51,000 new malware threats that were identified in the first two quarters of this year, which have caused infections within an estimated 21 million different devices worldwide. The data analysis performed by the company went on to identify the trends among various markets. What it indicated was that the top five markets in the world,…

Mobile payments security threat will increase in 2013

12/26/201212/26/2012 Jesse Collins

Could worries over the safety of use hold back adoption of this technology? As security is one of the main concerns voiced by consumers and is one of the top issues faced by mobile payments providers, the news regarding the growth of threats next year is not entirely welcome. According to a recent study, the more popular the technology becomes, the greater the number of threats. Mobile payments, like online banking, brings financial access and technology together. Though its use has been picking up, it has in no way reached…