Symbian success feeds mobile malware explosion

Symbian on Wednesday announced that shipments of its mobile phone operating system have increased nearly 200 percent over the past year. Should this trend continue, security experts are predicting an explosion in mobile phone-based malware.
Mobile phone malware is still at an embryonic stage when compared with viruses and Trojan horses that target the Windows operating system. However, experts say this is because there is currently such a diverse range of mobile phone operating systems. However, if over the next few years Symbian manages to grab a large enough share of the mobile OS market, it could create a new front in the war against malicious software.