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Niemela said his prediction follows what has happened with the malware writers in the PC market. Many hackers are now in the business of selling easy-to-use tools to less technical hackers rather than hacking into PCs themselves.

However, the number of mobile spyware programs still pales in comparison to the number of such programs available for PCs, but in a worrying prediction, Niemela said mobile spying programs are "harder to track, since security companies don't see as many samples circulating on the Internet as they do of malicious software for PCs".
And according to www.mobile-antivirus .org the issue is one of not noticing the massive changes in mobile capabilities and focusing on desktops instead.
"Security engineers have been so overwhelmed contending with PC challenges that they haven't focused their attention at all in this area. They also felt that the initial capability of the handset was so inconsequential that there would be no threat to them".
However, adds mobile-antivirus.org, the emerging power, connectivity and widespread use coupled with the lack of security have left the handsets vulnerable and has meant businesses will undoubtedly bear the brunt of any attack.

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