mobile phone security: Make your Mobile a Tough Target: Strengthening Your Mobile Device
- 07/24/21 12:14 AM
Do you pay attention to how secure your mobile phone is? Most of us do not do this, which makes it very easy for a hacker to get in and target us. Here are some tips that you can use to protect your phone from becoming a target:
Always Set a Passcode
One of the best things you can do to strengthen your mobile device’s security is to make sure you have a passcode on it. All mobile phones have a passcode option, and some phones, like the iPhone, even allows you to remotely lock it if you believe the phone has been … (5 comments)
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mobile phone security: Beware of Rogue Cell Phone Charging Stations
- 12/06/18 05:16 AM
Humans have evolved a new body part: the cell phone. One day it will be part of anatomical illustrations of the body in health and medical books probably an appendage on your head. I’m not a Dr. so don’t quote me.
For now, we have to figure out a way to keep this appendage juiced up without being lured into a data-sucking battery-charge station.
There’s even a name for this kind of crime: juice jacking. The kiosk is designed to appear like a legitimate battery charging station, when in fact, it will steal your phone’s data while it’s hooked up.
Worse yet, sometimes the … (10 comments)
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mobile phone security: Mobile Phone Numbers Are as Sensitive as Your Social Security Number
- 04/19/18 06:06 AM
All of us have cell phones these days, and if you are like the vast majority of the population, you access everything from social media to banking information right from your mobile phone. However, if you do this, which everyone does, you are putting yourself in the position to get hacked. With only your mobile phone number and a couple other pieces of information, a hacker can get into these accounts and your life could drastically change.
How does this work? If a hacker already has your mobile phone number, they can get other information, such as you address, birthday, or even … (65 comments)
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mobile phone security: Your Hacked Mobile Phone Number is Like Your Social Security Number
- 01/24/17 06:20 AM
If you have a cell phone, and you use it in any way associated with accessing online accounts (and many do), you are putting yourself at risk of getting hacked. With only a phone number and a bit of information, which is easy to get through social engineering, a hacker can break into your personal and financial accounts.
This works by getting information about you, such as your birthday, address, or even the last four digits of your Social Security number…information that is readily available…and then creating a plausible story to gain access to your phone account, phone and various online accounts. … (21 comments)
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mobile phone security: How to protect your Mobile Phone from Hackers and Thieves
- 08/31/16 11:39 PM
Let’s cut to the chase:
Regularly back up the phone’s data! If this is done every day, you won’t have to worry much about losing important information if something happens to the phone—such as a ransomware attack. Keep the phone’s software and applications updated. Delete apps you no longer use, as these can reveal your GPS coordinates and garner data about you. Never post about your vacation while you’re on vacation. But there’s more:
Employ the device’s password-protect function (which may even be a biometric like a fingerprint). If the phone has more than one type of protection, use both. You … (6 comments)
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mobile phone security: I want a Cell Phone Jammer
- 04/13/16 11:58 PM
Well, we certainly can’t blame Dennis Nicholl for breaking the law. Frankly, had I been nearby him when he did it, I would have kept silent and let him continue breaking the law—unless, of course, I was engaged in some loud, planet-moving discussion with a world leader.
Nicholl, 63, was recently on a Chicago subway train. He brought with him a cell phone jammer. Unfortunately for Nicholl that day, Keegan Goudie was on the same train. Goudie is a blogger, noticed the infraction and began blogging about it. One thing led to another and Nicholl ended up being charged with the unlawful … (15 comments)
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mobile phone security: Smartphones for Kids aren’t such a good Idea
- 05/28/15 11:33 PM
Maybe you believe that kids should not have smartphones because the devices can tell a pedophile where a child is located. But there’s other reasons that perhaps you haven’t thought of: cyberbullying, violent porn, online drug purchases, you name it.
Smartphones give kids ongoing Internet access; they can’t live without this constant connection because it’s the normality that they’ve grown up with. Children and teens are a product of their technological times and can’t imagine getting through the day without constant connection to the cyber universe.
An article in The Telegraph features a perspective from child psychotherapist Julie Lynn Evans. She points out … (3 comments)
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mobile phone security: Mobile Apps Failing Security Tests
- 03/22/15 03:07 AM
It’s been said that there are over a million different apps for the smartphone. Well, however many may exist, know that not all of them are passing security tests with flying colors.
You may already be a user of at least several of the 25 most downloaded apps And what’s so special about the top 25? 18 of them flunked a security test that was given by McAfee Labs™ this past January. And they flunked the test four months after their developers had been notified of these vulnerabilities.
App creators’ first priority is to produce the next winning app before their competitors do. … (2 comments)
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mobile phone security: Don’t Believe These 6 Mobile Security Myths
- 01/23/15 09:02 PM
Smartphones are picking up popularity. You can now access email, social media, and other things from a device that fits in your pocket (most of the time). And, although we hear about breaches and security flaws in the news, it seems like a lot of us don’t think it applies to our mobile device. Here are some of the most common mobile security myths.
“Antivirus protection isn’t worth it for a smartphone.” Just because this device fits in the palm of your hand doesn’t mean it’s not worthy of as much protection as your computer. It should have comprehensive security that … (3 comments)
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mobile phone security: Mobile Carriers spying on Users
- 12/21/14 09:23 PM
How does my mobile phone know I like tools, electronic gadgets and tarantulas? It keeps showing me ads for these products! Christmas is coming and my kids like bugs, big bugs.
How does it know? It’s called “supercookies”. And they aren’t yummy.
If Verizon is your carrier, that’s why. Verizon uses a “unique identifier token header” for every website the user visits. There are cookies that tag along with the user wherever they go in cyberspace. Advertisers gorge on these cookies because they tell them what products to advertise for each unique person.
You can opt out of Verizon’s program, … (2 comments)
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mobile phone security: Is your Phone being tracked
- 02/14/14 08:21 PM
The owner of your favorite restaurant may be tracking your every move—via your smartphone. Not because he’s a snoop, but because he believes knowing when and where you go for entertainment will benefit his business.
And how did he pull this caper off? There’s are companys out there, that place sensors in businesses within a confined location to track shoppers as they ambulate about town.
The sensors track signals emitted from Wi-Fi-enabled mobiles. The mobile-user’s movements in daily life create a profile of that user. Gee, how invasive is that?
The business owners with these sensors justify the invasion by … (56 comments)
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mobile phone security: How to Recover a Lost iPhone
- 12/22/10 07:21 PM
You may be one of the millions and millions who own and love your iPhone. What I love about mine is the ability to work from anywhere and I can also view my home security cameras through an iPhone application. ADT Pulse provides customers with anywhere, anytime access to their home via smart phones or personal computers, including an iPhone application.
But what if you lost your iPhone? Certainly you can just get another one, but what if you are within the timeframe that you can’t get a subsidized phone upgrade? You may have to spend hundreds and hundreds on an … (0 comments)
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mobile phone security: Mobile Phone Security Under Attack
- 10/23/10 11:34 AM
As mobile Internet usage continues its rapid growth, cyber criminals are expected to pay more attention to this sector. Mobile device platforms compete for content creators’ latest innovations, which often require more and more device access. As applications and other content are more widely distributed, security breaches will be inevitable.
The speed of technological advancement and the demand for new products and services make mobile phones particularly vulnerable. In some countries, almost all banking takes place with the use of phones.
Spyware, which was created as a legitimate technology for PCs, further complicates matters. Spyware can track and record social networking … (4 comments)
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Do you pay attention to how secure your mobile phone is? Most of us do not do this, which makes it very easy for a hacker to get in and target us. Here are some tips that you can use to protect your phone from becoming a target:
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