SECURITY OUTLOOK 2016

摘要

Apple devices have experienced a surge in popularity in recent years. According to IDC, the company now accounts for 13.5 per cent of global smart-phone shipments and 7.5 per cent of global PC shipments. This increase in usage has not gone unnoticed by attackers. A rising number of threat actors have begun developing specific malware designed to infect devices running Mac OS X or iOS. Although the number of threats targeting Apple operating systems remains quite low when compared to the company's main competitors (Windows in the desktop space and Android in mobile), the amount uncovered has grown steadily in recent years. In tandem with this, the level of Apple-related malware infections has spiked, particularly in the past 18 months. For a country like India, which is currently in the middle of a smartphone boom which will get bigger in 2016 as smart mobile devices become more affordable; the situation becomes dire. In fact, India will overtake the US as the second largest market for smartphones in the world by 2016 with 200 million smartphone users owing to this, according to an eMarketer report. In addition to this, advancements in the telecom circles with 4G being rolled out across India in 2016, internet and smartphone penetration will be extremely high in India.