
All security apps have moved over to a subscription model, where you pay annually for protection for a set number of devices. These apps apply a similar level of protection to your mobile devices as they do to your desktop computer or laptop, and while there are free options, you’ll get the most protection and features from a paid-for app. Hence the recent rise in popularity of the mobile security suite.

Where there are bank details, you’ll find malware sniffing around trying to find a way of pulling it out of the mesh of overlapping security and encryption that we rely on to make the digital economy work. Digital security isn’t something that’s tied to the desktop computer – malware comes in all shapes and sizes, and as our mobile devices are used for shopping and banking, they can expose our most important information as we carry out transactions.
