Mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets have become indispensable in our daily lives. In fact, in Q4 2015, smartphones accounted for around 75 percent of all mobile phones sold worldwide, and the total number of mobile subscriptions at the end of 2015 was around 7.3 billion. Furthermore, according to the
Ericsson Mobility Report issued in February 2016, we can expect an additional 3 billion smartphone subscriptions by the end of 2021.
What about security?
While vendors are hard at work getting the most fashionable devices ready for every shopping season, security is usually an afterthought. This creates problems for consumers, whose mobile devices are increasingly used for financial transactions, and generally contain personal information. To make things worse, users are rarely aware of the dangers posed by devices with outdated software.
