Verizon: Mobile Malware not a problem [telecom]

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Verizon: Mobile Malware Isn't a Problem

by Kim Zetter

In its annual breach investigations report, Verizon suggests that the threat of mobile malware for phones and tablets is much less than the providers of mobile security products would have us believe.

Contrary to claims from companies like Lookout that provide mobile security solutions and who have for years warned about the rapid and massive growth of mobile malware, Verizon found virtually no iOS malware for iPhones or iPads in the data it examined from Verizon mobile customers last year, and virtually no Android malware either.