Good-bye spam, hello smartphone malware

networkworld.com — 2010 was the first year in the history of the Internet that spam volume decreased. Cyber criminals have now turned their attention to malware-laced smartphone apps. Jan 21, 2011 View in Crawl 4

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ageofmastery Jan 22, 2011

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And the libertarians will say this is just the free market adapting

globalunlock Jan 22, 2011

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Good to know about it. Hope this year 2011,internet spam will continue to decrease.

reddfox321 Jan 22, 2011

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If I were an android user I'd be worried!

You want cheap ubiquitous phones that will run anything welcome to spyware/virus hell.

yamallama4 Jan 23, 2011

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why would anyone buy an ugly android phone, with all the malware and viruses? when the only smartphone on the market was the iPhone, we never heard about mobile malware. it's only now that google's cheap iOS imitation is flooding the market that this becomes a problem.. coincidence?Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.