As today’s society continues to turn more mobile, cyberthieves are not far behind. They realize that most of today’s population leans more towards mobile phone (smartphones) or mobile devices to communicate. Young men are becoming their target because on average, men between the ages of 18 and 31 spend 49 hours a week online. They are nicknamed the “millennium males”.
They say, that the android operating system that google created, which runs on various different types of phones and tablets is vulnerable to cybertheft, and people should be careful of what they are using it for. A lot of the problems are coming from third party marketplaces posting apps, and once they are downloaded on someone’s device, they can start having problems because these aren’t monitored as carefully. Now that most consumers of mobile devices and smartphones are using them for things such as online shopping, email, online banking, etc, they should be aware of the risks and careful when posting personal information online.
I thought that this was an interesting article because of the relevancy in today’s society. Everything is done over the internet, and a lot of people don’t understand that there are a lot of risks involved with that. I think it’s important for people to realize that things over the internet are not private - they must be coming from a trusted source. Cyberthief is becoming more and more popular, and can lead to other things such as identity theft.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/tech-news/cyberthieves-enter-a-new-frontier---mobile-devices/article2263982/
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