Mobile Malware Up 77 Percent in 2014

Mobile users encountered malware 75% more often in 2014 compared to 2013, according to a new report from San Francisco-based mobile security firm Lookout, Inc.
The mobile malware encounter rate was 7% last year, up from 4% in 2013, largely due to the proliferation of new ransomware campaigns such as ScarePakage.
"We were expecting an increase, but not of this magnitude," said Aaron Cockerill, the company's vice president of enterprise products.
And the threats aren't just more common. They a