With the rapid increase in use of personal mobile devices for work purposes, the importance of using discretion when downloading applications is even greater. Defrauders are clever and know how to take advantage of mobile capabilities. For example, malicious applications purporting to be from a major bank are not uncommon and often difficult to identify. They might appear to be legitimate, but they could put your personal information and any sensitive company data stored on your mobile device at risk.

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Wi-Fi hotspots can be found at hundreds of thousands of locations worldwide, and the Wireless Broadband Alliance predicts that deployments of wireless network access points will increase 350 percent by 2015. Just because you can connect to these open portals from your smartphone, tablet, Ultrabook or laptop, should you?

Take some common-sense precautions when you connect to a wireless network access point. Start with these 10 security tips for using public Internet portals