Smartphones & Windows 7 top targets of hackers in 2010
Hackers may target popular new devices with a rapidly growing user base like smartphones and Windows 7 next year. How to keep hackers away | Windows 7
By PTI |
NEW DELHI: Hackers may target popular new devices with a rapidly growing user base like smartphones and Microsoft's operating system Windows 7 next year, a study said.
Security solutions firm Websense Inc in its list of security predictions for 2010 said that hackers will look to compromise new platforms such as smartphones and take advantage of the popularity of Windows 7.
"With a rapidly growing user base, business adoption and increasing use for conducting financial transactions with these devices, hackers will begin more dedicated targeting of smartphones in 2010," Websense chief technology officer Dan Hubbard said.
Moreover, Windows 7 is also a target of malicious attacks with the expected fast adoption of the operating system, he added.
Websense has also warned the users of Mac, lines of personal computers designed, developed, and marketed by Apple Inc.
"There exists additional risk for Mac users because many assume Macs are immune to security threats and therefore employ less security measures and patches, so attackers have additional incentive to go after them," the research added.
Security solutions firm Websense Inc in its list of security predictions for 2010 said that hackers will look to compromise new platforms such as smartphones and take advantage of the popularity of Windows 7.
"With a rapidly growing user base, business adoption and increasing use for conducting financial transactions with these devices, hackers will begin more dedicated targeting of smartphones in 2010," Websense chief technology officer Dan Hubbard said.
Moreover, Windows 7 is also a target of malicious attacks with the expected fast adoption of the operating system, he added.
Websense has also warned the users of Mac, lines of personal computers designed, developed, and marketed by Apple Inc.
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"There exists additional risk for Mac users because many assume Macs are immune to security threats and therefore employ less security measures and patches, so attackers have additional incentive to go after them," the research added.
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