"The risky behavior can begin right from the ways and means you and your family identify you are leaving your family or business -- savvy criminals will be looking for those signals. Like if your kid posts on Facebook or Twitter that you're going on vacation."

Clapham said Absolute Software's most recent theft report reveals 5 percent of smartphones will be lost or stolen in the US next year, and that one-in-10 laptops are stolen during a lifecycle.

"That means security should plan on losing at least 5 percent of mobile assets, especially in a BYOD environment, and they need to have a plan in place for that. The CSO needs to recognize this is GOING to happen and have procedures and policies in place for before, during and after. This is an irreversible mega trend."

"Summer was once a typically quiet time because criminals were on vacation, too," said Wisniewski. "But that's changed in last few years because of and the kinds of politically-motivated attacks they are usually behind."