Cyber safety organisation Netsafe is urging consumers to pay more attention to the security of their mobile devices as "cyber security awareness week" kicks off today.
Executive director Martin Cocker said mobile malware was an emerging concern.
It would be best if consumers could help nip it in the bud, before exploits became as lucrative for fraudsters as computer malware had proved.
"We need to learn from the security mistakes we have made on other platforms," he said.
Cocker said possible mobile scams included fake banking apps and fraudulent "QR" codes that, when scanned with a phone's camera, directed people's mobile browsers to a malicious website.
Netsafe had not yet seen examples of those in New Zealand, but Cocker believed that might only be a matter of time.
A fake "Angry Birds" app had circulated that let hackers send premium-priced SMS messages from victims' phones when downloaded, he said.
Surveys in the past six months suggest as many as half of New Zealanders now own mobile phones that can connect to the internet. United States security software vendor Norton said its research suggested 41 per cent of New Zealanders had had a mobile device lost or stolen but only 9 per cent reported wiping or locking their phone after it went missing.
Most smartphone and tablet owners didn't know security software was available.
- ? Fairfax NZ News
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