Mobile Security, a Ticking Time Bomb

Mobile Security, a Ticking Time Bomb According to Gartner, “By 2013 mobile phones will overtake PCs as the most common Web access device worldwide and by 2015 over 80 percent of the handsets sold in mature markets will be Smartphones. ” However, there... More

Mobile Security, a Ticking Time Bomb According to Gartner, “By 2013 mobile phones will overtake PCs as the most common Web access device worldwide and by 2015 over 80 percent of the handsets sold in mature markets will be Smartphones. ” However, there exists a glitch. As the number of mobile phones increases, it paves the way for more vulnerability, design flaws, protocol failures that in turn results in security breaches. Before delving further on the topic, let’s look at some statistics on mobile security. BYOD (Bring Your Own device), is one of the top concern for enterprise mobile security (Gartner’s ‘User Survey Analysis: Impact of Mobile Devices on Network and Data Center Infrastructure”) A whopping 99% of newly discovered mobile malicious programs target the Android platform, with a very small amount targeting Java- and Symbian-based Smartphones. (Kaspersky Security Bulletin 2012) In 2012, Kaspersky Lab identified an average of 6300 new mobile malware samples per month. 76% Less