The loss of smart phones may lead to many security risks, due to what they usually carry of personal files and data, which become available to other people in the event that precautionary measures are not taken to prevent this.
The expert advises in The field of electronic security at Kaspersky Communications Technology Security Lab, Dmitriy Galov, calls smartphone users to take measures in advance, to avoid unpleasant consequences that may result from the loss of the smartphone.
One of the most important of these measures is to ensure that the device is locked
The expert in the field of electronic security explained that “losing or stealing a smartphone carries many security risks in the event that it is easy to access Data and personal data related, for example, to the application of online banking services.
The expert indicated that the fraudster who has important personal data in his hand can threaten the attacker to delete it or, on the contrary, threaten to publish it and demand a ransom, adding that These are not all scenarios that could happen.
Head of the development department of the “Beline” communication network, Alexei F. Yerichhagen, in turn, said that “what you yourself consider as worthless information on your phone can actually be used by fraudsters against you or the people you communicate with.”
He pointed out that smartphones now contain data and information. Valuable and sensitive such as call history, messaging in social networks, email applications, photos and videos, bank card data, bank payment applications and systems.
