New Delhi: Mobile phone has become an essential part of our life. Smartphone has become the life horoscope of an individual, not just a phone. Information related to private to public life and all its economic activities is imprisoned in mobile phones. The condition of many people is that if their mobile phone does not work for some time, then their situation becomes strange. Many people depend on mobile for many needs of daily life.
Since the Corona lockdown in India, the use of mobile phones has increased very rapidly. Whether it is work related to banking or everyday shopping, booking tickets or going somewhere, all the arrangements are done from the smartphone itself.
Cyber fraud incidents are increasing
Due to this increasing importance of mobile phones, the eyes of cyber thugs are always on your phone. New incidents of cyber fraud keep coming in front of us. Many such fake links keep coming on mobile phones and e-mails, on clicking on which all the information of the users goes to the hackers. Even by installing an app, all the data gets stolen.
Cyber security and anti-virus provider Kaspersky Lab detected more than 3.5 million cyber attacks on mobile devices last year.
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Zimperium, a private company that provides mobile security, says that globally one in 5 mobile phones has been attacked by malware. Gymparium says that 4 out of 10 mobile phones are at risk of cyber attack in the coming times. The company says that crores of mobile phones are on the target of hackers.
always be alert
You can keep your mobile phone safe from the attack of hackers. For this you just need to be alert. Get alerted when there is some unusual activity like sudden increase in mobile data usage, lots of pop-ups appearing on the screen, battery draining fast, Anjana app appearing etc. It may happen that the operating system of your phone has come in the hands of hackers.
keep these things in mind
Avoid using free Wi-Fi available in public places. Even if you are using free Wi-Fi for some reason, then avoid doing any kind of financial transaction during that time. Do not do online payment or bank related work at all.
While shopping online, use the official website only. When using a new website, pay attention to its URL. The URL must start with https. If it is not so, then visiting that website is not free from danger.
Multiple tasks are done on a mobile phone at the same time. Most of the people use simple and same password for different pages for their convenience. It is totally wrong to do so. Different accounts should have different passwords. The password should be strong and the password should be changed from time to time.
Always use a reliable antivirus app and clean the phone from time to time. Keep cleaning the phone’s storage.
How does virus attack
Like computers, mobile phones are also attacked by viruses. These viruses take over the entire phone under their control. They take control of all the personal information and passwords present in your phone. These viruses keep sending all your information to hackers.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : May 06, 2022, 10:57 IST
