Rostelecom-Sollar Company Center Daniel Chernov said that mobile applications handle personal data, having access to internal files, a cell, as well as a voice recorder. The specialist listed the signs for which it can be understood that the information from the smartphone came to fraudsters, reports “Prime”.
Specialist called the most dangerous vulnerabilities of phones, the first of them is the compromise of the information transfer channel from the user device to the program developer server. The data is easy to get if they are not encrypted and if there is no verification of the interconnection of the server and the application. When a person connects the open Wi-Fi network, it risks transferring information (man-in-the-middle).
“The attacker becomes an intermediary in transmitting information, and depending on the appointment of the application, the user risks lift personal, financial or credentials, conduct an erroneous transaction. If you need to enter a bank application or another program that processes valuable information, you should not connect to Public Wi-Fi, “Chernov explained.
About the presence of malicious programs on the smartphone tells the deterioration of its performance, errors in the work or fast accumulator. The specialist also advised to connect the automatic update of applications and OS, and install programs only from official sources.
Previously, humanity predicted a refusal of smartphones in ten years. It is assumed that the gadget will become Rudiment, and its more advanced technologies will be replaced.