• An ethical hacker's view on mobile malware and how to stop it

  This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note it will likely favor the submitter's approach.

• Windows 8 may prompt malware attacks on hardware, McAfee predicts

  Security features in Windows 8 will discourage operating-system attacks and drive hackers to develop malware that compromises hardware directly, according to McAfee's security predictions for 2012.

• Mobile apps and security: What you need to know

  A Melbourne-based app developer has spoken about the security pitfalls of smartphone apps, saying that while certain mobile environments are more susceptible to malware, such risks can be eliminated through encryption and using common sense.

• AusCERT 2011: Mobile banking malware on the rise

  Chief technology officer of Trusteer, Amit Klein, has spoken about the trends of mobile malware, citing mobile banking as the next big threat to the industry.

• Mobile malware grows as spam takes a dive: Security experts

  The new year is shaping up to be a mobile malware crime spree as spam email declines, according to two new threat reports.

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  Mobile malware will test Android and iPhone

  2009 ushered in mobile malware with the first (and second) iPhone worm appearing just before Christmas.

Whitepapers about mobile malware

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  How to Protect Your Business from the Coming Malware Storm

  The malware storm will force the cost and complexity of premise-based protection to levels sustainable only by national governments and multinational corporations. To keep from being overwhelmed, small and midsize businesses must move defenses outside their own walls, to stop malicious code before it reaches their gateways, servers, and data stores.

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  Simplifying branch office security

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  Security Threat Report 2012