Smartphones added to criminal target list in 2010
New Brunswick Business, By LuAnn LaSalle - Canadian Press
MONTREAL, Que. - As usual, we can expect the Internet to be rife with potential cyber crimes and annoyances next year - more spam, more fake antivirus software and more computers hijacked by criminals.
But 2010 will also see more attacks moving to smartphones, now that the devices are being used more like mobile computers, predict security experts.
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