Exploring the Dangers of a Mobile Lifestyle

Help-Net Security, By Zeljka Zorz

We live in an increasingly digital world, and rely on the devices we use to store our more or less valuable information and to perform critical tasks.

In fact, according to a global Kaspersky Lab survey, 98 percent of us use our mobile phones, tablets, laptops and / or desktop computers to conduct financial operations, 74 percent regularly use e-wallets and payment systems, and the great majority use the devices to do online shopping, use social media, do online banking, store data online, use instant messaging, and so on.

But while on one hand many of these users are aware of some of the risks tied with the everyday use of these devices, other dangers are less thought about. Read more.