Given all the talk about mobile mal-ware-Trojans, viruses, keyloggers, phishing expeditions and other scams infecting the phones in people's pockets-you might be forgiven for thinking cyber-crooks are cleaning up at their expense. The truth is that surprisingly little malware has found its way into handsets. Smart-phones have turned out to be much tougher to infect than laptops and desktop PCS. But that may change. The makers of security software, of course, do not mind at all if mobile-phone users are led to believe their devices are vulnerable to attack. Certainly, the byod (bring your own device) trend that is being adopted by many companies has created headaches for network managers trying to keep up with different hardware and software. It is one thing for an individual to find a malicious app they have downloaded has racked up a large phone bill by spewing out text messages to pricey pay-to-use services, but quite another for a manager to learn that company secrets-contact lists, passwords, authentication keys, business plans and the like-have been leaking via employees' phones to competitors or criminals.
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