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Cyber-terrorists are targeting your cell phone right now

A new wave of malware is causing havoc for cell phone users, and more good news.

By Patricia Harman | Updated on January 16, 2015
A new wave of malware is causing havoc for cell phone users, and more good news.

Walk into any restaurant, doctor’s office, repair shop or other place where people can sit for a few moments and you’ll notice that the vast majority of them are on their cell phones. They sleep with them by their bedsides, take them with them when they exercise and feel naked if they forget their phones somewhere.

According to Pew Research, 90% of American adults now have a cell phone and 58% of those are smartphones. Afraid that they might miss an important call or alert, 44% of cell owners sleep with their phones next to them in bed and 29% describe their phones as something they can’t live without. (These last two figures are from a 2012 report and could be considerably higher as of 2015.)

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