Smartphone theft has surged in recent years to become a scourge of everyday life. Users need to be especially careful when on holiday this Christmas, as its a time of year when one can easily forget about keeping their devices safe. In the second quarter of this year, Kaspersky Lab found 29,695 new mobile malware modifications malicious code samples that cyber criminals use to infect legitimate mobile applications. Users can have certain features of their smartphones blocked, their memory cards wiped and their phones located via GPS.”]
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