SMART PHONE SECURITY:
If your SMART PHONE is being
pick-pocketed or lost or stolen, then there are chances that you may lose your
private data to some vulnerable hands. Being a Smart Phone, there are more
chances that it may be stolen and the information that consists in it may be
used by the thieves for their personal benefits; therefore, the data should be incrypted.
Smart Phone may consist of sensitive
& personal information likes personal bank account no.; passwords;
credit/debit card nos.; pin nos. etc. But if you lose your smart phone you may
lose this information too. If you in script your data, there is no guarantee
that it will not go to unsolicited hands, but at least may remain secure.
DO YOU
USE SMART PHONE – THEN YOU MAY BE DOING THIS:
1)
DATA: Whenever we install apps,
we knowingly / unknowingly do various kinds to install that app; because of which
the developer get chance to know our all sensitive / non-sensitive private
information which may be sold by them or used by them for their personal gain. These
types of apps are available on Google’s Play Store or Apple’s I Tune Store.
2)
Mobile phones are prone to attack by phishing, spyware or surveillance.
3)
In phishing attack your sensitive important information like passwords,
credit card no. etc. is asked for through these phishing mails.
4)
In spyware attack, your important information is attacked and hijacked
without your information.
5)
In surveillance attack, your mobile’s GPS information is collected and
through that attacker collects your information regarding visits, where you go,
your most visited sites, etc. which information then may be used by attacker
for house-breaking, shop-breaking etc.
6)
Network Spoofing: Whenever we find open Wi-Fi
networks at malls or any other places, we immediately connects to internet and
access social media websites, bank sites, etc. where attacker can attack and
collects our personal information and may be used by them for their personal
gain.
TIPS FOR
SMART PHONES SECURITY:
a) Always keep safe your password or
pattern code for mobile, due to which your mobile/smart phones may at least
remain secure for some time.
b) Take care whether your phone gets
automatically locked up.
c) Install security software. While installing
these types of apps, see that whether data can be wiped out, whether phone can
be located with the help of this app.
d) If our smart phones is stolen and
switched off by the thieves, in that case, this app will show us the lost
location, where the phone is switched off. Therefore install such types of
Anti-Virus software apps only having so many good features.
e) Wi-Fi, Bluetooth should be kept
closed, when not in use. Only open when required.
