Smartphone malware multiplies

Folks, our Blackberries, Android phones, and Windows Mobile phones are getting hammered! In the last six months, the number of malware and spyware programs found on smartphones has doubled. What took 15 years to evolve with desktop computers is happening practically overnight to mobile phones. A criminal with spyware can snatch text messages, listen in to phone calls, and track the victim's location using GPS. Imagine downloading a poker application, thinkin' you are going to have some fun. With that program, a hacker can seize control of your phone with embedded spyware. Users are downloading apps at a dizzying pace, and, instead of e-mail and text messages, criminals are now exploiting a person's taste in downloaded software to snag them. So, what can we do to defend ourselves from this onslaught, class? And is law enforcement up to speed to investigate these intrusions?  http://www.darkreading.com/insiderthreat/security/attacks/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=225402185