South East Asia sees rise in mobile threats
Market share of mobile industry in South East Asia to reach US1 billion by 2015. AdaptiveMobile, the world leader in mobile security, today reveals a sharp rise in the scope and complexity of mobile threats in South-East Asia. With India recently reported to receive 8% of all global malware and adware - the highest across the globe - and China and Malaysia also in the top ten regions, the need for action is clear. With a rapidly growing subscriber base, operators in this region are recognising the need to keep subscribers safe and preserve trust in both new and existing mobile services. "Cellular subscriptions have quadrupled in the last decade across South-East Asia and operators are already beginning to think about how to keep their user base secure. Hackers will follow the opportunities, so with more subscribers come more threats," says John White, VP Sales Asia Pacific, AdaptiveMobile. "There have been a number of highly evolved malware attacks, such as the r