McAfee unveils its 2012 Threat Predictions report
McAfee unveiled its 2012 Threat Predictions report, outlining the top threats for the coming year. Unsurprisingly, the emerging threats from 2011 are on track to become the major players for cyber-activity in 2012, including “legal” spam and virtual currency. In addition, McAfee’s list also includes industrial attacks, embedded hardware, hacktivism, rogue certificates and yes, also mentions mobile threats. Needless to say, that’s the part we care about the most and here’s what they have to say about it:
Mobile Threats: Attackers will bypass PCs
2011 has seen the largest levels in mobile malware history. In 2012, McAfee Labs expects for mobile attackers to improve on their skill set and move toward mobile banking attacks. Techniques previously dedicated for online banking, such as stealing from victims while they are still logged on while making it appear that transactions are coming from the legitimate user, will now target mobile banking users. McAfee Labs expects attackers will bypass PCs and go straight after mobile banking apps, as more and more users handle their finances on mobile devices.
And if you want to know more, you can download the whole report from here (PDF link).
McAfee unveils its 2012 Threat Predictions report originally appeared on IntoMobile.com on 2011-12-30T10:06:10Z. FV1gMYsz9b5j