Lookout Mobile Security has published details of its Mobile Malware Predictions for 2012, based on data collected from more than one million apps and 15 million mobile devices worldwide.

This year it estimates that more than one million dollars was stolen from Android users - and it expects malware to be even more profitable for criminals next year.

Intel-owned McAfee Labs has just published the McAfee Threats Report for the third quarter of 2011.

At the end of 2010, the security technology company anticipated there’d be 70 million unique mobile malware samples by the end of 2011… and it’s recently increased its prediction to 75 million unique malware samples, which would make 2011 the busiest year in mobile malware history.

Mark Bridge writes:

Mobile security - as I’ve said several times in the last few months - is becoming a hot topic. Although the number of mobile viruses and malicious applications is relatively small when compared with attacks on PCs, it’s on the increase.

Last week we talked to Eddy Willems, Security Evangelist at G Data, about the security risks facing smartphone users... and in the last 12 months we’ve also spoken to David Emm of Kaspersky Lab UK and Craig Heath from Franklin Heath about similar subjects.

Mark Bridge writes:

This week’s podcast feature takes a fresh look at security on mobile phones. I’ve been talking to Eddy Willems, Security Evangelist at G Data, about the challenges and solutions facing smartphone users. Both Eddy and his current employer have been active in digital security for a couple of decades, so there’s plenty of experience under their respective belts.

Eddy Willems, Security Evangelist at G Data, talks about mobile security threats. With the amount of mobile malware reported to have increased by 273% this year, Eddy explains what smartphone users can do - and what the mobile industry should be doing, too.