Phones are used in various ways. Majority of the people you see have a mobile phone. This comes as an advantage and a disadvantage. The advantage is the functionality and accessibility of the phone. Some are getting as powerful as laptops. With great power, however, comes great responsibility. The responsibility is the concern that a user should have of the security of their mobile phone. Numerous viruses are beginning to be made specifically to infect these phones. They are being targeted because of their vulnerability. Anything that is accessed via an open network is susceptible of being infected. Mobile phones are beginning to see that they are no different than their laptop counterpart. The variants that are being made can steal phonebooks or spread to other phones from the contacts that are stored in its host phone. The attacks are alarming and because of this many anti-virus companies are beginning to come together and protect the phones from the malicious variants.

One of the fastest growing technologies of our times is that of mobile phones. When one thinks of sources of communication, telephones would be one of the top sources. They have gone through many changes, going from the rotary phone, to the touch tone phone, to the cordless, and now to the mobile phone. With each advancement in technology comes more ways to exploit that technology. Since phones are the primary source of communication, an increase of exploitation of the advancement in technology has happened.

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