Phone security is the practice of defending mobile devices against a wide range of cyber attack. Our earnest effort to spread awareness of very common cyber threats to mobile phones because an attacker threaten users’ privacy, network login credentials, finances, and safety.
An attempt to obtain sensitive information like username, password, credit card details and often for malicious reasons. The attacker act as a trustworthy in an electronic communication.
For example, A message frequently use threats and a sense of urgency to scare users into doing what the attackers want.
The telephone equivalent of phishing. It is described as the act of using the telephone in an attempt to scam the user into surrendering private information that will be used for identity theft.
Vishing is a type of phishing attack conducted by phone and often target users of voice over ip services like Skype, Whats App etc. Vishing is short form of voice phishing.
A security attack in which the user is tricked into downloading a Trojan horse, virus or other malware onto mobile device. SMiShing is short for “SMS phishing.”
For instance, The urgent your bank account is locked, click the link to activate, a type of SMiShing message.
There are many other types of phone security threats but you can search and find out the details in internet.
In conclusion, following practices are the key to protect yourself.
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