How to Protect Your Mobile Phone from Spyware and
Other Malware?
As mobile phones evolve so too do the malicious software,
situations, and perpetrators of such that they can fall prey to. It
is imperative that all users of mobile phones remember that other
people can and will use your cell phone to invade your privacy and
personal space without ever even dialing your mobile phone number.
Because mobile phones have the marvelous talent for keeping a record
of all calls made and received, they have become an obvious target
for unscrupulous activity. Back in 2006, a number of reports
appeared on the internet regarding a company that was marketing a
piece of software capable of embedding itself in a mobile phone and
remotely transmitting this "call log" to someone else's server.
This enabled suspicious spouses, for one, to buy their partner's
call logs to allay or confirm whatever suspicions they may have. But
even though the company went a long way to espouse their service's
legitimacy for beneficial uses, it doesn't take a genius to figure
out how such a capability could be put to malicious use. This
software is, at heart, no different from spyware, and it is by no
means alone.
Spyware can also be used to determine your physical location via
your cell phone. By way of the same innovations that enable 911
operators to identify the location of a caller in need, an
unscrupulous individual could find out your location and use that
knowledge against you.
Companies who develop and provide such tools condemn such activity
and decry the benevolence of their products, but as we all know, it
isn't the product that is good or bad but the use to which it is
put. And while, on one hand, a parent could make excellent use of
such a function to keep their kids safe, an untrusting employer
could use it to invade their employees' privacy.
Spyware is just one type of malware, software directed at using your
personal technology (like your mobile phone) against you. And as
more and more people become reliant on their smartphones, means of
making those devices less and less secure become ever more
prevalent.
An effective form of malware can collect private data by the droves
that can then be sold and otherwise utilized to harm individuals,
families, careers, and whole organizations. Ask yourself what
information you keep on your mobile phone? How much of it would you
be okay with a stranger getting a hold of?
As cell phones become ever more intelligent, as they replace PCs as
the personal electronics of choice, it is likely that this trend
will not only continue but become increasingly exacerbated. A love
of feature-filled mobile devices only overshadows the risk that goes
hand-in-hand with such facility and convenience.
It is imperative
that when consumers consider their mobile phones as their link to
the outside world they remember that it is both for better and for
worse. As the old saying goes, "An ounce of prevention is worth a
pound of cure" and it is nowhere more true than in the realm of cell
phones, personal privacy, and identity theft.
References:
Roving Bug in Cell Phones Used By FBI to Eavesdrop on Syndicate.
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