Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans
These days, it’s the norm to protect your home computer from malware. But what are you doing to protect your cellphone? Yes, your smartphone can be hacked. The average American spends an hour every day playing with their cellphones, according to a study from Experian. In the meantime, they are taking and sharing a lot of photos, sending personal text messages and browsing the Web. “A mobile phone is the perfect spying device,” Kevin Haley, director of product management for Symantec Security Response, told TODAY. “You can listen. You can look. You can track location. And you can view every phone call and every text the person makes.” Bad Apps The most common strategy is through malware. Think about all the permissions we give our apps. Facebook Messenger has access to your location, text messages, camera, stored photos and all kinds of other stuff. Overall, smartphones are safer from malware than PCs. But they can still get infected. One tactic hackers use is spamming people through social media and text messages with links to download malware. More often, hackers will take a popular app, insert malicious code and then put it out there for people who don’t want to pay […]
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