use booming smartphones and mobile tablets make these tools to be very vulnerable to cyber attacks which continue to refine their techniques. Users are simply not aware of the risks, and technologies are still inadequate to fight against these attacks.
"Today, a smartphone is more like a computer than a phone, its basic operation is reduced to a minimum. People just want to connect anywhere, anytime, with all sorts of devices, "says Laurent Heslault, director of Symantec's security policies in France.
For example, in France, 57% of mobile users say they have already received from a foreign message asking them to click on a link or call a number to listen to a voice message.
in fact, there have been several recent Web pages accessed from smartphones or tablets than PCs, and this is a gold mine for hackers.
cybercriminals often work with corrupt applications which, once downloaded geographic targeting their victims in order to send targeted advertising, or encourage them to dial premium rate numbers to generate income.
is after consulting unsecure sites or using wi-fi networks insecure, i. e. after we did check his / her bank account from their mobile or via phishing "(identity theft) that can experience some" malware "to collect lists of contacts or passwords.
"There are some very simple things to do, such as setting passwords on their devices, do not open attachments from an unidentified sender, being careful when downloading applications, beware for example, those who are not much downloaded "advises Edward Jeanson, responsible for the safety of the Sogeti group.
another expert in computer security company Trend Micro confirms the growth" exponential "attacks against mobile platforms, "only for the Android platform (operating system from Google), about 100,000 attacks of any kind have been identified since the beginning of 2012," said one of its experts Johanne Ulloa.
"platforms show some delay and much vulnerabilities. Apple does well, Blackberry has an appropriate level of security, but in Android, it is difficult to correct the defects," said Sylvain Gil of Imperva.
He believes, however, that for the level of technology, it is no solution, and it will take several years to counter this. "The problem is that anti-virus protects against the virus yesterday, not today and tomorrow, as for the time they are developed, cybercriminals have already moved on."
To avoid your mobile phone or tablet to become a target for cyber criminals, be careful what you post on the web. Use the services of a VPN when surfing the Internet and that, regardless of where you are: all your internet activities are anonymous and protected by a military complex type of coding, using open VPN and PPTP VPN. In addition, through the virtual VPN tunnel that you establish your secure VPN connection appears as a connection from your chosen country, you will change and hide your IP address. This is true if you connect from your computer, your mobile phone or tablet. And you can use the free Wi-Fi networks without your computer by taking the risk that your traffic is intercepted.
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