• Today’s users are active online shoppers and regularly use online banking systems. The proportion of PC users performing financial transactions of one sort or another is almost equal to that of social network fans, and mobile device users are catching up fast. Therefore, both the amount of sensitive data on the internet and the risk of data theft are increasing. 
• Most users realise it is necessary to use anti-virus software either as the main protection or as an extra layer of security. However, almost two thirds of respondents prefer anti-virus solutions that provide insufficient security. A significant number of users have bought a computer with a pre-installed trial version of a paid antivirus software, but only 13% have extended the license. Additionally, the situation with mobile security is far from ideal.
• The majority of respondents are careless when it comes to protecting their private data. In particular, at least a third of them use passwords that are easy to crack. Another alarming tendency is the frequent (in fact, daily) use of unsecured public Wi-Fi networks – it is the second most popular method of wireless connection, though it is the most dangerous from the point of view of security.

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Additionally, the company stressed that the ever-increasing number of threats makes it necessary to provide reliable multilevel protection to the user’s most important data, and that requires the use of complex technologies such as Kaspersky Lab’s Safe Money system, developed to protect online payments.

In essence, Kaspersky’s message appears to be that the cost of the most effective security solutions is relatively small for the necessity of the protection they offer, and that paid-for solutions surpass their free counterparts in terms of quality. 

In recent news, a hack was revealed which affects certain Samsung phones, and which could allow malicious code to remotely, and irreversibly, reset one’s TouchWiz laden mobile device.