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Smartphone users warned to change their ways<\/p>\n

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Newly published research<\/a> suggests that unless smartphone users change their approach to security, they are doomed to fall victim to a $10.5 trillion per year cybercrime epidemic<\/a>. The survey of small business owners and employees found that more than a third confirmed they had clicked on phishing links using their smartphones, and 30% had lost a smartphone containing sensitive data leaving them, and their organization, potentially more vulnerable to cybercrime. Given that 11% also said that they had stored passwords and login credentials on their smartphone without encryption, it\u2019s not hard to envisage a future where compromise and data theft loom large. But it doesn\u2019t have to be that way, all it takes is an appetite for change.<\/p>\n

Forbes<\/span>Law Enforcement Breaks The Matrix\u20142.3 Million Secret Messages Cracked<\/span>By Davey Winder<\/span><\/small><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Dangerous Smartphone Security Practices Rife, New Survey Reveals<\/h2>\n

The latest research from security vendor CyberSmart surveyed some 250 small-medium enterprise business owners and employees in the U.K., but be in no doubt that the results apply with equal validity to organizations in other countries and, for that matter, consumers in my experience. The smartphone security landscape is largely the same across geographical boundaries and usage profiles alike, with some differences when talking about the largest enterprises with the biggest security resources to throw at the problem.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s look at the numbers first:<\/p>\n