When it comes to protecting personal data we sometimes only
think of protecting personal data on our home computers but we never stop and
think about protecting our mobile devices.
Mobile devices are just as vulnerable to attacks as our personal
computers. Mobil devices can be used to
do just about anything. They can be used
for online banking, check e-mail, shopping, booking flights, booking hotels and
much more. Malware can easily be
downloaded to our mobile device via android apps or any other type of
download. Not only do we have to worry
about computers and mobile devices but there has also been a huge increase in
malware being found in external drives such as thumb drives. Thumb drives/pen drives are known for
carrying viruses and malware. As users
of these devices we need to mindful of the potential risk associated with each
of these devices and protect ourselves.
Running virus scans on all external storage devices and installing virus
software on our mobile devices will provide some level of protection. McAfee released an article about a month ago
titled “McAfee Threats Report Shows Largest Malware Rise in Four Years”. This rise is due to thumb drives and mobile
devices being infected with malicious software. The article can be found
at: http://www.mcafee.com/sg/about/news/2012/q3/20120904-01.aspx
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