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  An ethical hacker's view on mobile malware and how to stop it

  This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note it will likely favor the submitter's approach.

  By Jaime Blasco, head of labs, AlienVault | 11 April, 2012 04:29

  Tags: android malware, anti-malware, consumer electronics, iPhone malware, mobile malware, networking, security, smartphone malware, smartphones, smartphone security, wireless

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  Windows 8 may prompt malware attacks on hardware, McAfee predicts

  Security features in Windows 8 will discourage operating-system attacks and drive hackers to develop malware that compromises hardware directly, according to McAfee's security predictions for 2012.

  By Tim Greene | 22 December, 2011 01:28

  Tags: anti-malware, Intel, mcafee, mobile malware, operating systems, security, software, twitter, Windows, Windows 8

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  Be scared of Android BYO. Be very scared.

  They may not say it out loud, but I'd bet most network managers and security executives tell themselves over and over again that their end-users are idiots.

  By David Braue | 01 December, 2011 14:55

  Tags: Android, malware, mobile malware, operating systems

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  Beware of Android scaremongers

  Smartphone malware may be rising, but users should be more wary of "charlatan" security vendors, says Google's open source program manager Chris DiBona.

  By Liam Tung | 23 November, 2011 13:02

  Tags: Android, Chris DiBona, malware, mcafee, mobile malware, mobile phones, mobile security, security, smartphones

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  AusCERT 2011: Mobile banking malware on the rise

  Chief technology officer of Trusteer, Amit Klein, has spoken about the trends of mobile malware, citing mobile banking as the next big threat to the industry.

  By Lisa Banks | 17 May, 2011 09:50

  Tags: Amit Klein, AusCERT 2011, banking mobile, mobile malware, Trusteer

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  Mobile malware will test Android and iPhone

  2009 ushered in mobile malware with the first (and second) iPhone worm appearing just before Christmas.

  By Andreas M. Antonopoulos | 13 January, 2010 07:59

  Tags: malware, mobile malware, smartphones

Whitepapers about mobile malware

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  How to Protect Your Business from the Coming Malware Storm

  The malware storm will force the cost and complexity of premise-based protection to levels sustainable only by national governments and multinational corporations. To keep from being overwhelmed, small and midsize businesses must move defenses outside their own walls, to stop malicious code before it reaches their gateways, servers, and data stores.

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  Simplifying branch office security

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  Security Threat Report 2012