A new application of Icar is displayed on a screen at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, where the company presented new IDMobile software for different operating systems.

The application allows the reading and authentication of identity documents from images captured by the camera of a mobile device. Smartphones are the new El Dorado for computer criminals and many owners are unaware of the risk or what to do about it, security experts warn.

As sales of smartphones and tablets have started to outpace those of personal computers, criminals are increasingly targeting the devices, security companies say.

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