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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A U.S. security company is sounding the alarm about something that is threatening nearly every American. Proofpoint warns it is seeing a gigantic spike in malware on cell phones. The company said it began noticing the spike in early February. That’s when the company said its researchers noticed a 500% jump in the attempts to deliver malware to cell phones across Europe. Just because it’s happening in Europe doesn’t mean Americans…