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Mobile Security: How to Secure, Privatize, and Recover Your Devices

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Mobile Security: How to Secure, Privatize, and Recover Your Devices

Overview of this book

The threat of hacking may be the most damaging on the internet. Mobile technology is changing the way we live, work, and play, but it can leave your personal information dangerously exposed. Your online safety is at risk and the threat of information being stolen from your device is at an all- time high. Your identity is yours, yet it can be compromised if you don't manage your phone or mobile device correctly. Gain the power to manage all your mobile devices safely. With the help of this guide you can ensure that your data and that of your family is safe. The threat to your mobile security is growing on a daily basis and this guide may just be the help you need. Mobile Security: How to Secure, Privatize, and Recover Your Devices will teach you how to recognize, protect against, and recover from hacking attempts and outline the clear and present threats to your online identity posed by the use of a mobile device. In this guide you will discover just how vulnerable unsecured devices can be, and explore effective methods of mobile device management and identity protection to ensure your data's security. There will be special sections detailing extra precautions to ensure the safety of family members and how to secure your device for use at work.
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
Mobile Security: How to Secure, Privatize, and Recover Your Devices
Credits
Foreword
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Tips to Help You Protect Your Mobile Device
The History of Social Networking, the Internet, and Smartphones
Index

Future threats


In the short history of mobile devices, one of the areas that has received a lot of attention is BYOD. Bringing your own device to work is not only a significant part of recent history, but will be a part of our near future. Looking at the future, we judge that we will see more and more malware for mobile devices. Overall, we expect to see more of the following:

  • Malware that takes advantage of your location via the Global Positioning System (GPS). You use this as part of your map programs, and vendors are also starting to use GPS to help identify customers as they walk in their door. More and more applications are using GPS.

  • Hackers will take data from your device and use it for phishing and social engineering. This is why it is so important for you to protect your personal information. It is easy for hackers to violate your privacy and then use your data against you.

  • We also predict more applications that look to be legitimate, but in reality are a platform for hackers to attack...