Protecting Your Devices

As the world is trying to get the hang of balancing multiple electronic devices in their daily lives, hackers are using the infancy of this technology to their advantage. Mobile devices such as cell phones, tablets, and other media devices are quickly becoming a standard in our lives today, but we are only slowly beginning to learn how to use these devices safely and protect our information.

Advanced persistent threats, native to PC computers, are beginning to show up on tablets more and more often these days. Hackers realize that all the same personal information we keep and use on our personal computers, are also on our electronic mobile devices as well. This is a good thing for hackers, as these mobile devices are relatively simple in their programming and not as well protected as a computer with malware protection, therefore it is much easier for them to extract your personal data.

While tablets and phones have basic browser protection and security walls in place, they are basic in nature, and simply cannot fend off all malicious attacks. This being said, since we are only in the infancy stages of mobile device's lifetime, we must take much more care in what personal information we access and place on our devices. Until sufficient protection is developed to protect our smartphones, tablets, and readers, the majority of personal security comes from our own actions.

With luck, advances will be made in mobile device security, and we can all breathe a bit easier in storing information on these devices. However, until that time, it is simply up to us.