Beware of Poison Text Messages and Bad Apps

It seems that nearly one in five mobile phone users has had problems with some kind of security threat on their device according to a new survey by Cloudmark. And here is another term to add to your tech jargon – poison text messages. Those are the odd text messages you get on your phone offering you services or to take a survey to win something when all they are really doing is fishing for your payment  info. Bad apps, particularly on the Android platform, are also on the rise by a staggering 86%. Many of these are disguised as free apps to be downloaded from web sites and target stealing credentials from e-mail and mobile banking applications.