The antivirus industry is turning its attention to mobile phones, which represent a huge potential market, but mobile service providers are reluctant to get on board, unconvinced that the handset, rather than their network, is the right place to handle security.
Its immense popularity may turn the iPhone into a painful experience for Apple, if predictions that the mobile device will be a major security target in 2008 are realised.
The Cabir mobile phone virus -- which spreads using Bluetooth -- has been reported in New Zealand for the first time, according to European anti-virus firm F-Secure.