Half of the mobile phone was attacked by malicious code

Many users have believed that mobile phones are safer than computers, but in fact more than half of mobile devices have been knocked out by malicious code in the past.

Half of the mobile phone was attacked by malicious code Picture 1 According to the latest research by Trend Micro security firm, many users believe that mobile phones are safer than computers, but in fact more than half of mobile devices have been taken down by malicious code in time. over .

According to Trend Micro's market research report, 44% of users ignored the dangers of malicious code and other threats that could attack mobile devices. About one-third of smartphone users said they felt that cell phones would be less vulnerable to malicious code / viruses sent by email than computers. 20% said their device was attacked by malicious code and about half of it was due to spam. In the recent 3, 3% of the devices were attacked by malicious code and half of them were knocked down by malicious code.

Trend Micro thinks that when mobile phones are used to surf the web more and users trust them to perform everyday business as well as the risk of malicious code infection on the web has grown, the ability to lose data As contacts, personal data on mobile phones is huge.

Currently threats have become much more common and not specific to any operating system. For example, malicious code SYMBOS_BESELO.A and SYMBOS_VIVER.A attack Symbian operating system; WINCE_CRYPTIC.A attacks Windows Mobile operating system. All these attacks have taken place recently.

Therefore, experts recommend users to be cautious when using the browser because their device is vulnerable to malicious code and loss of information. They urged users to use security software to protect their cell phones from malicious code.