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Solve : Big rise in Mobile Banking Trojans.? |
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Answer» Is that true? That title is based on a report from Kaspersky, a company that sells security software. ... according to the latest study of the mobile malware environment by antivirus major Kaspersky Lab. The security solutions provider's research has revealed that last year there were almost 100,000 new malicious programs targeting mobile gadgets globally, a massive increase from the 40,059 detected in 2012, with the UK among the top-five...The people in the UK do banking on the mobile phone? Don't they know how to write? Who would trust their fiances to a gadget? http://usa.kaspersky.com/about-us/press-center/press-releases/kaspersky-lab-reports-mobile-malware-2013-more-doubles-previous Is that true? Really? Quote from: Geek-9pm on April 03, 2014, 04:56:39 PM How does a Trojan get into a smart phone?The same way it would get into a computer. Or, as the very article you linked explains: Quote Methods used to infect a mobile device include compromising legitimate sites and distributing malware via alternative app STORES and bots (the bots usually self-proliferate by sending out text messages with a malicious link to addresses in the victim’s address book). Quote The people in the UK do banking on the mobile phone?Being able to use smartphones for banking tasks has been possible for several YEARS, and is not UK specific. Quote Don't they know how to write?I'm confused as to what writing has to do with it. Quote Who would trust their fiances to a gadget?What engaged couples do in the bedroom is none of our concern!Viruses on mobile devices have been around a while but they are pretty limited as (at least in the case of Android as that's what I'm familiar with) they can only be installed by the user if they EXPLICIT allow apps that aren't from the official store to be installed and then install a dodgy version, usually through trying to pirate an app. On iOS this is even more difficult as the device would need to be jailbroken. Quote The people in the UK do banking on the mobile phone?Short answer: Yes, Yes, Me. I find it extremely useful being able to do bank related things on my phone LIKE send money to people, check my balance and get money out of ATMs if I don't have my card for some reason. Even if the phone was lost/stolen, the app for my bank still requires codes to enter as well as the lock on the phone and of course I can disable the app/phone online. I don't SEE using this any different to using online banking from my PC? I can't think of the last time I actually phoned or went into a bank other than to pay in physical cash, why? Because doing it online is convenient and saves a lot of time. Besides, I'd trust a computer to do something a lot more than someone in a bank branch - Humans make mistakes, computers don't. All the person in the branch does anyway is enter the data into a computer, and errors can occur at this stage. If I had been able to use online banking several years ago, I doubt I'd have had the issue of where my account had been set up in my middle name instead of my first name which was obviously human error. |
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