Today the fullfilment of security requirements is the most important thing, and that is why we are going to talk about our Smartphone with the aim of analyzing which data may end up most exposed and therefore we must pay greater attention. Our goal is for all our readers to end the false sense of security that we often have with these devices and that they lead us to suffer more than one disappointment.
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The proliferation of mobile phone viruses
Since the relatively recent entry of the smart phones, what was previously a device to call, send messages, take photos and little else, has now become a true small size laptop.
This means that in our Smartphones we include certain personal and private information that we will manage daily, which without a doubt becomes an attraction without discussion for the cyber criminals.
Due to this, in recent years we have been able to observe a large growth in threats to smartphone, highlighting of course the malware that can lead us not only to lose information and experience a malfunction of our devices at best, but also to the fact that our Private information remains within the reach of criminals who search from identity impersonation until robo, scams and coercion.
The objective of criminals
Criminals' main objective will always be to obtain an economic benefit, and to do so they will not hesitate to use all the tricks possible, including those that not only affect us financially but also our lives in general. For example, one practice used is to obtain private images with the subsequent threat of spreading them among our contacts without agreeing to pay the requested amount.
According to statistics, about 20.000 new malware files appear every month, which means a constant threat which we must face. But the worst of all is that in recent years there has been a exponential growth, so the risk is becoming much more evident.
The reasons for falling into security flaws
Generally, these threats affect us based on security flaws both from our devices and from our own use.
Therefore, installing a good antivirus and of course learning how to eliminate viruses on Android will be essential. But there are also some measures that we must consider, such as always being attentive to the places we move through, never clicking on a link whose origin we are not sure, do not carry out downloads from unverified places and distrust even downloads and links that come from reliable sources.
Of course, it is also important that we avoid including sensitive information that we will not need, such as private photos and documents that should not come to light.
Final thoughts about security
And of course, just as we always recommend avoiding including compromised information on our social networks like the typical messages that inform when we leave and when we arrive, where we are traveling and that we only need to say that the key is under the doormat, in the same way we will act when it comes to ensure the security of our smartphones.
Industrial Engineering student and lover of writing and technology, for several years I have participated in various pages with the aim of always keeping myself informed of the latest trends and contributing my grain of sand in this immense dissemination network that we know as the Internet.
