Smart phone technologies are continuing to surge in popularity across the country. As these ultra portable devices further penetrate the business world, there are many important issues surfacing regarding their responsible ownership and use.

If you’ve been following us recently, you know that we’ve been covering the upcoming Midwest Acquirers Association 8th Annual Conference, one of the electronic payment industry’s leading midwestern conferences.

With high tech smart phones becoming standard in the business world for productivity on the go, we’ve seen several stories warning of the dangers of using them across unsecured Wi Fi networks.

Internet Fraud Alert, a new cyber security effort pioneered by Microsoft and donated to the National Cyber Forensics and Training Alliance (NCFTA), hopes to streamline the process of reporting stolen consumer data.

We have addressed the dangers of using smartphones over unsecured public Wi Fi in previous posts, but we have yet to touch on the subject of using computers that are offered to the public for temporary use.

Three men were charged with cyber fraud by a United States grand jury. Their scheme involved using phony Internet ads claiming, to unsuspecting people and businesses, their computer was infected with virus, malware and other malicious software.

When consumers and business operators outside of the fraud prevention industry consider cyber threats such as phishing and data mining, they may picture complex homemade software and teams of brilliant programmers.