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These days, cellphone software, called X Spy, is popular. Once installed the owner can send it to other phones through messages. Then any information in the receivers' phones can be monitored.
Although priced as much as 1000 yuan, roughly 150 US dollars, many people still purchase the software. They want to know what is happening with their friends and use the software to monitor them.
Experts call this kind of software a virus. Currently, they're rampant on the Internet. Some come at a price, while others are available for a free download.
Easy access makes them more readily available to circulate through cellphones. They are often used in a malicious way.
And with free online courses on how to make your own form of this spyware, anybody can become a possible hacker. The situation worries some experts.
Professor Luo Shoushan, Beijing University, said, "We cannot make all the communication and exchange relevant to these programs illegal, and that does provide fertile ground for crimes of cellphone viruses."
The make-up of the hackers is mixed. Some do it for fun and because of an interest in computers and the Internet.
Others take advantage of the programs to profit from them.
Cyber hacking has already become an organized crime driven by big profits. Data shows annual revenue for the hacking industry tops 100 million yuan, with economic losses running at more than 7 billion yuan.
For the Internet, hacking technology is a double-edged sword. While promoting the development of applied software and information sharing, it also causes internet security hazards.
Prof. Luo said, "On the Internet, it is often very hard to tell an Internet technician from an illegal hacker. Restrictions on hacker's communications can also prevent technology development. So the Internet itself cannot solve its own problem."
To improve cellphone security, experts propose, first and foremost, that producers enhance the security of phones. At the same time, authorities should impose heavy punishment on virus program makers.
Although priced as much as 1000 yuan, roughly 150 US dollars, many people still purchase the software. They want to know what is happening with their friends and use the software to monitor them.
Experts call this kind of software a virus. Currently, they're rampant on the Internet. Some come at a price, while others are available for a free download.
Easy access makes them more readily available to circulate through cellphones. They are often used in a malicious way.
And with free online courses on how to make your own form of this spyware, anybody can become a possible hacker. The situation worries some experts.
Professor Luo Shoushan, Beijing University, said, "We cannot make all the communication and exchange relevant to these programs illegal, and that does provide fertile ground for crimes of cellphone viruses."
The make-up of the hackers is mixed. Some do it for fun and because of an interest in computers and the Internet.
Others take advantage of the programs to profit from them.
Cyber hacking has already become an organized crime driven by big profits. Data shows annual revenue for the hacking industry tops 100 million yuan, with economic losses running at more than 7 billion yuan.
For the Internet, hacking technology is a double-edged sword. While promoting the development of applied software and information sharing, it also causes internet security hazards.
Prof. Luo said, "On the Internet, it is often very hard to tell an Internet technician from an illegal hacker. Restrictions on hacker's communications can also prevent technology development. So the Internet itself cannot solve its own problem."
To improve cellphone security, experts propose, first and foremost, that producers enhance the security of phones. At the same time, authorities should impose heavy punishment on virus program makers.
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