Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: Market Intelligence Center
Published: December 2007
Product Code: R760-274Description With mobile phones continuing to become available to an increasing number of people, security issues are receiving more and more attention. This report will start out with an analysis of the first mobile phone virus, Cabir, which was discovered in 2004, and will list the different types of information security threats that mobile phones are prone to as well as the ways in which these viruses are transmitted. Information on the demand for information security in the mobile phone market will also be provided.
Table of Contents - Current Status of Mobile Phone Information Security
- Emergence of Cabir in 2004
- Appearance of CommWarrior in 2005
- 200 Malicious Mobile Phone Programs Found by 2006
- Handset Information Security Threats and Transmission Methods
- Main Information Security Threats
- Main Transmission Methods
- Key Trends in Mobile Phone Information Security
- Most Virus Targeting Symbian Mobile Phones
- Closed Operating Systems Prevents Large-scale Infection
- Bluetooth Transmission Reduces Infection Rates
- Smartphones Driving Demand for Information Security
- MIC Perspective
- Appendix
- List of Tables
- Table 1 Discovered Malicious Mobile Phone Programs as of 2006
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- List of Figures
- Figure 1 Worldwide Mobile Phone Shipment Volume, 2005 - 2010
- Figure 2 Screen Capture of Mobile Phone Being Infected by Cabir
- Figure 3 Screen Capture of Mobile Phone Being Infected by CommWarrior
- Figure 4 Operation of Chinese Mobile Phone Undercover Software
- Figure 5 Development of Mobile Phone Operating Systems
- Figure 6 Worldwide Mobile Phone Shipment Share by Product Type, 2005 - 2010
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