When we think of avoiding malware, we’re often focussed on our online activities. However, this isn’t the only risk to consider.

USB sticks are a convenient way to store vast amounts of data, and allow for quick data transfer between computers without relying on the cloud. They’re cheap and ubiquitous, and many of us have dozens of them. We don’t often don’t even think twice about plugging in a friend’s stick to transfer some files.

A new joint study by Google, the University of Michigan and the University of Illinois performed an interesting social experiment, scattering USB sticks on the ground around campus at Urbana-Champaign. Surprisingly, 48% of the drives were snatched up.

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Phones have come a long way from the pocket-breaking bricks (and not-so-pocket-sized suitcases!) of yesteryear. Today, we’re using them for just about everything, and our banking habits are seeing a seismic shift towards the convenience of mobile banking.

But is it a security nightmare waiting to happen, or a convenient way to manage and share funds? The answer depends on your security habits. Read on to see if you’re following these 6 essential security tips.

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Gooogle, Yahaoo, Facbook…

See what we did there?

Typing errors happen to the best of us. When it comes to typing a website’s address incorrectly, most of the time you’ll know immediately: ending up with an error page, or a parked domain page full of irrelevant advertising.

However, you might also be led to a site that looks exactly like the one you wanted to visit. It’s this last possibility, known as ‘typosquatting’, that poses the biggest threat to your privacy and Internet security.

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“I never download anything – how could I be at risk?”

Accepting and running a downloaded file is now no longer a necessity: so-called ‘drive by downloads’ have completely changed the way we come into contact with malware.

An era of active content allows us to do incredible things inside our browsers, but the inherent risk now means that even loading a web page or opening an email could be enough to breach your computer’s security.

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Google services (Drive, Docs, YouTube, Calendar and Gmail) are now being used for projects across the board: from work to school, to clubs, hobbies and online courses. For Android users, your Google account can even help you find your phone, back up your photos, and migrate your apps to a new phone.

With this in mind, it’s become very important to make sure we’re not handing our Google account login to one of the many thousands of illegitimate sites around the net.

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