New Hacks Strike at Heart of Mobile Innovations

As fierce competition leads to rapid innovation in the smartphone market, hackers have pounced on cracks in defences of developments on devices at the heart of modern lifestyles, experts say. Smartphones have become increasingly targets for cybercriminals as people cram the gadgets with troves of personal information and go on to use them for work. “Mobile devices are taking a

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Hackers Threaten Phone in Your Pocket, Experts Warn

The boom in smartphones among often careless users has made happy hunting for hackers, whose virus attacks and hijacking of unprotected mobiles are multiplying, experts warn. Security analysts and companies at this week’s Mobile World Congress, a top wireless telecom fair in Barcelona, Spain, said phone makers and users must be on guard to stop hackers getting into your pocket.

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