Drawback: The massive popularity of smartphones has drawn the malignant interest of hackers, who are ramping up attacks on mobiles.
LAS VEGAS: As fierce competition leads to rapid innovation in the smartphone market, hackers have pounced on cracks in defences of developments on devices at the heart of modern lifestyles, experts say.
Smartphones have become increasingly targets for cybercriminals as people cram the gadgets with troves of personal information and go on to use them for work.
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