Mobile Device Security Threats in 2016
The use of mobile devices is now more massive. In almost all fields of work now take advantage of mobile devices that connect to the Internet network. Unwittingly, the devices we use an entry point for a variety of security threats.
This time, we will describe some threats are expected to emerge in 2016 and certainly dangerous. Hopefully by the following review, you can be more careful and prepare appropriate precautionary so it does not become a victim.
Terrorism
In 2015, the incidence caused by terrorists are increasingly dangerous and alarming. For example, when the attacks that hit Paris, San Bernardino and other places around the world. In 2016, an estimated terrorist acts will continue.
The terrorists are believed to be utilizing social media to spread propaganda and recruitment by creating videos via social media to attract people who see it. For that, you have to be clever covert propaganda disseminated addressing the terrorists in cyberspace.
Hackers Targeting Mobile Payment Service
Hackers will hack gap on mobile payment services as we know it. If hackers can hack into these services, it is not possible your personal data, credit card data, etc. will be easily obtained by hackers. If this is the case would be detrimental financially. You should be more careful in conducting transactions online.
Revival of Hacker Activity In The Mobile Browser
In the future, mobile versions of Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and other browsers that run on the Android platform and the iPhone is expected to be the most efficient tools to carry out hacking. That is because there are many loopholes that allow hackers break into security systems contained in the browser.
Remote Device Hijacking
The growth of Android devices is growing, almost everyone in the world has had a smart phone. Though Android is an OS that is sophisticated, many applications are running on Android are generally not analyzed and validated by a team of Google.
Loopholes that can be exploited by hackers to control the victim that have installed applications that have been inserted malware, which serves to expose the data contained on the phone. And of course, easily perform remote hacker to the victim's phone.
DDoS Attacks
Online business in 2016 should be prepared to better secure his website, because of Denial of Service attacks will begin to grow and develop. It is estimated that these activities will increase the efforts to thwart the efforts of the perpetrators of this online business to do the best service.
Internet of (Vulnerable) Things
Nowadays everyone is able to access the Internet only with his cell phone. But they forget the security of accessing the Internet is important. The hackers will attack through this loophole, and they will exploit by inserting some sort of trojan or other malware that allows hackers to control devices that are victims from afar, get the data the victim, etc.
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