Smartphones tempting new targets for hackers


Software security experts warn that mobile phones are tempting targets for hackers in a world where people eagerly invite strange applications onto handsets packed with personal data.

Briefings at a Black Hat computer security conference in Los Angeles on July 29 were devoted to threats to smartphones, mobile personal computers used for anything from banking and shopping to pinpointing people’s whereabouts.

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