Staying secure at the Olympics

Is it safe to take your mobile devices with you to the Beijing Olympic Games?

China is allegedly home to some of the nastiest malware and spam writers in the world, according to numerous security experts.

And Beijing, China's capital and second largest city is only months away from hosting the Olympic Games where it’s likely millions of people will descend with an abundance of information-rich mobile devices.

There is no doubt cybercriminals will use the Olympic Games as an opportunity to socially engineer millions of Internet users into divulging valuable information to eventually sell or trade on underground black markets. So how targeted and severe will the attacks be and how should visitors protect themselves?

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