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London, 9 May 2013 – AdaptiveMobile, the world leader in mobile security, today reveals a growing web text phishing scam targeted at consumers in Western Europe. As part of the company’s Ongoing Threat Analysis (OTA), which reports on global mobile security threats, it has uncovered a sophisticated scam where European subscribers were tricked into giving their operator portal login information, allowing scammers to send thousands of costly international messages containing spam from their accounts. AdaptiveMobile tracked the first instance of this attack 18 months ago and the threats lab has monitored a steady increase since.

BARCELONA, Feb. 27, 2013 – Syniverse and AdaptiveMobile today announced they have been jointly recognized with the GSMA Global Mobile Award for Best Mobile Safeguard and Security Service at Mobile World Congress 2013. The award recognizes Messaging Trust, a mobile security solution developed by Syniverse and AdaptiveMobile to protect end users from advanced SMS spam and fraud threats, thus helping mobile service providers deliver high-quality end-user experiences.

Barcelona, 26th February 2013 – Industry leaders including AdaptiveMobile, the world leaders in mobile security, Verizon, PCCW, Syniverse and PhonepayPlus, the UK regulator for premium rate services, yesterday called for greater collaboration across the industry to tackle the rising numbers of mobile threats crossing international and technology borders. Attendees at the Mobile World Congress Mobile Security Forum unilaterally agreed the need for greater collaboration and stronger measures to combat mobile attacks which no longer respect international boundaries, including malware, spam and viruses.

Mobile malware has advanced to a new level of sophistication as smart devices continue to gain ground, in turn driving an uptick in the mobile security services market. ABI Research estimates that mobile security services will total $1.88 billion by the end of 2013, by far dominating both the mobile device and mobile application markets for threat protection.

Ciaran Bradley, VP of Handset Security at AdaptiveMobile, explores how networks and consumers can defend themselves from global spammers.

Mobile security business AdaptiveMobile launched the latest edition of its Global Security Insights in Mobile report at Mobile World Congress last week. The report, which was revealed during the Mobile Security Forum event, warns that cross-border threats will spread more easily as 4G LTE and rich communications services (RCS) are adopted by networks and consumers.