Mobile devices are the new frontier for malware, as more and more consumer data interaction is done in this way, Kaspersky says. Google's Android, because of its adoption on many brands of mobile hardware, will become "the new Windows" -- the platform most malware is written to attack.

Governments' growing awareness of the dangers has led to calls for everyone changing data on internet-connected systems to be securely identified. Eugene Kaspersky supports this move, "for two reasons: Firstly, computer systems and the internet are dangerous. Damage can be done to computer and other systems. Cars are recognised as dangerous, so when you drive a car you have to have a licence and [registration] plates." That's why digital identifiers are advisable, he says.

"I'm not talking about Big Brother. If you want to read some data, or exchange emails with your friends if you blog about personal matters, you shouldn't need to present your ID; you're like a passenger in a car.

"But if you access your bank account or if you post an executable file to the internet you must present your ID to show it's you who changed the content of the internet, or accessed critical data."

Kaspersky also suggests professional journalists, whose views are relied on to be factual, should have to present an identity credential with their copy "so we can verify it's really you".