Report: the iPhone will be a primary target for hackers in 2008
Posted by Dennis Sellers 
Dec 11, 2007 at 9:56am
Security predictions released Tuesday by Arbor Networks reveals that the iPhone will be a major target for cybercriminals in 2008. Arbor’s Security and Engineering Response Team (ASERT), who have put together the forecasts, believe that the iPhone will become the victim of a “serious attack” in 2008.
ASERT says these assaults are likely to be in the form of drive by attacks—malware embedded into seemingly harmless information, images or other media that actually perform dangerous actions when rendered on the iPhone’s Web browser. With the scrutiny the iPhone has received since its launch earlier this year over network lock-in, ASERT believes that hackers will be enticed by the possibility of attacking Apple users and the opportunity to “be the first” to hack a new platform.
Arbor Networks delivers network security and operational performance for global business networks. Arbor’s Network Behavioral Analysis (NBA) solutions are based on the Arbor Peakflow platform, providing real-time views of network activity.
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Dennis has been a newspaper editor/reporter (seven years) and teacher (seven years). He has over 4,000 magazine, newspaper and online articles to his credit. He has also covered the Mac and tech industries for over a decade for such online publications as MacCentral, MacMinute and now MacsimumNews.
