11 Dec 2007
Apple's iPhone will be a "primary target" for cybercriminals in 2008, a security company predicted today.
Arbor Network's Security and Engineering Response Team (ASERT) forecast that the iPhone will become "the victim of a serious attack" in 2008. According to the firm, these assaults are likely to be in the form of drive-by attacks – malware embedded into seemingly harmless information, images or other media that actually perform dangerous actions when rendered on the iPhone's web browser.
With the scrutiny the iPhone has received since its launch earlier this year over network lock-in, Arbor believes that hackers will be enticed by the possibility of attacking Apple users and the opportunity to "be the first" to hack a new platform. more...
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