Smartphones represent 20 percent of the mobile device market, and growing, IEEE experts say. Rogue applications will be the most common access-point for hackers in the coming year. “It’s easy to be victimized,” says Jeffrey Voas, a computer scientist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Developers will be motivated by the increase in smartphone intrusions in 2012 to create trusted apps to combat hackers, one expert says. But he doesn’t see that happening until 2013, but there’s a silver lining.”]
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