*I believe it. via SANS
–Cisco 2010 Annual Security Report Notes Cybercrime Moving Toward
Mobile Devices
(January 21, 2011)
According to Cisco's 2010 Annual Security Report, cyber criminals appear
to be shifting their focus from Windows machines to mobile devices.
Users are falling prey to social engineering scams through social
networking, email and even phone calls. In addition, 2010 marks the
first year "in the history of the Internet" in which the volume of spam
dropped, due in large part to botnet takedowns and increased ISP email
restrictions.
http://www.scmagazineus.com/cybercrime-migrating-to-mobile-and-apple-cisco-report/article/194734/
http://www.v3.co.uk/v3/news/2274334/cisco-spam-drop-affiliates-90
http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/cisco-report-notes-new-cybercrime-targets
The Cisco report is available for download at
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/vpndevc/security_annual_report_2010.pdf
[Editor's Note (Honan): A very interesting read, especially its overview
on the Money Mule operations and how criminals "cash-out" their gains
from cybercrime.
(Schultz): We are only three or four years away from what will be a
massive abandonment of conventional desktop and laptop computing systems
in favor of mobile devices, which keep growing in their capabilities and
functionality at an amazing rate.]
