SmartPhone Users Surfing Without Security

Smartphone Users Surf Sans Security

Despite being aware of the potential risks of mobile Internet use, smartphone owners don't take security seriously.

August 18, 2009 - By Michelle Megna:

Smartphone users say security isn't a critical concern, with a recent survey finding that the majority of smartphone users are more concerned about losing their phone or personal data.

That's in spite of acknowledging the wealth of threats -- ranging from phishing scams to viruses -- that could impact them.

According to a survey conducted by security software firm Trend Micro, 44 percent of mobile phone owners said they believed surfing the Web on a smartphone is just as safe, if not safer, than doing so on their PC.

The report, which polled 1,000 smartphone owners 18 years and older, also found that for smartphone users, losing a phone or contact information and personal data is more alarming to them than infections or phishing schemes.

Furthermore, only 23 percent of smartphone owners use security software already installed on their smartphones, with one out of five respondents saying they don't think installing security software on their phones would be very effective since they feel there's limited risk in smartphone surfing. That's somewhat grim news for firms like Trend Micro, which are promoting their own mobile security software as a defense against mobile threats. Trend Micro, for instance, offers its Trend Smart Surfing application through the iPhone App Store...

Continue Reading

Related

PIN Debit Payments Blog: Trend Micro Revamps Online Threat ...
Aug 03, 2009

3, 2009 -- TrendWatch (www.trendmicro.com/us/trendwatch/index.html ), Trend Micro's online threat resource center, is revamped and refreshed with even more free tools, information, news and advisories, and resources for customers and ...
http://pindebit.blogspot.com/


PIN Debit Payments Blog: The Spider and the Fly (Keep Typing vs ...
Jul 02, 2009

In it's first Focus Report, Trend Micro examines the growth of data-stealing malware, the most dangerous of web threats today. Growth of this threat is unprecedented and you are in exponentially MORE danger today, than when the PIN ...
http://pindebit.blogspot.com/