  hide cookie message 73,605 News Articles   Claims that it's
easier to develop security tools for more open systems, also
easier to develop malware...  A security expert has suggested
that Apple's closed philosophy will be its downfall, predicting
that the company will lose its mobile marketshare to Android and
Microsoft because people want "open, sexy, flexible" operating
systems.  However, when pressed about whether Apple's closed
system makes it less vulnerable, it's apparent that the motive
behind the claims is dismay that Apple won't allow development
of anti-malware tools for its iPad and iPhone.  Kaspersky Lab
CEO Eugene Kaspersky told Reuters: "The open systems, of course
they are more vulnerable because it is easier to affect them.
But at the same time it is much easier to develop the true end
point security for these systems."  Discussing the rise of
malware in the mobile space, Kaspersky said: "Cyber criminals
recognise the mobile space as an opportunity. More and more
criminals are entering this