Cyber Defense eMagazine November 2019

5 Simple Ways to Protect Your Smartphone from Cyber
Attacks
By Jamshaid Chaudhary, Kamil Web Solutions
Where the onset of the internet has been a blessing for almost everyone, it has also proved to be a curse
for many of us. Hackers are improvising new ways to burst the privacy bubble of people. Security experts
warn us that most cyber-attacks initiate from our smartphones. And despite the alarming number of
hacking incidents in the last decade, an average person doesn’t know how to protect his smartphones
from these attacks.
In addition to getting personal information of people, these hackers target company employees to hack
into a business smartphone to obtain vital information. Therefore, taking appropriate precautions to
protect your phone is more important than it has ever been.
Here are 5 simple ways to keep your smartphone’s data secured.
Use Trusted Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
Most people connect to public Wi-Fi without giving it a second thought. What they don’t know is that these
public Wi-Fi’s can be used to obtain sensitive information from the connected devices. Most hotels and
event venues have their security protocols in place, but free public Wi-Fis in areas like shopping centers,
cafes, airports and parks and far less secure and should be used wisely.
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