McAfee warns of sharp increase in mobile security threats

Stuart Sumner
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Security firm reveals big jump in malware attacks on smartphones and tablets

Instances of malware targetting smartphones and tablets rose by almost 50 per cent in 2010 compared with 2009, according to security vendor McAfee in its final quarter threat report. It cited th...

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