We confirm, you have a lot to lose if your smartphone is hacked

30/Nov/2021Tips

We confirm, you have a lot to lose if your smartphone is hacked

30/Nov/2021Tips

How many times have you heard phrases like “I’m not worried about the security of my celular, there’s nothing of value that can be stolen”? Well, today on World Cybersecurity Day, the time has come to disprove it, here are some common examples of the consequences of a cybercriminal gaining access to an average user’s mobile device on a personal level (the consequences on a business level would be much more serious).

To know the vulnerable information you have exposed in your celular is the first step to protect yourself:

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Identification documents

It’s likely that at some point you have sent your identification documents by email, or you have a photo on your celular. If so, using those identity documents, a cybercriminal could impersonate your identity to make contracts in your name.

When your ID card is stolen, you can quickly file a report, but in this case you would probably not realize that someone else has stolen it until the cybercriminal has already taken advantage of it.

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Phone call log

The phone call log can be used by cybercriminals to generate a profile of the companies and people you interact with, the duration of the call and their schedules. This data can be used, on the one hand, to carry out very specific and credible phishing attacks (either by mail or by call), or on the other hand, to carry out this type of attack on your close ones.

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Current (and recent) locations

Using your current location, the cybercriminal can determine where your home is, and when you are on vacation, so he can choose that time to go and burglarize your home when no one is home, or even sell the data to another interested criminal.

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Files (including deleted files)

Do you have photos that you do not want to come to light and you have deleted them? Probably you have them in the folder of deleted files, these files are often used by cybercriminals to blackmail the user, and either force a payment, or perform an action to continue the cyberattack on another target (such as your company), distribute them among all contacts (data to which you can also have access).

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Passwords

A cybercriminal could access all your passwords through the ones you have saved in your browser, or in files (either documents or photos). Once they have got them, they can gain full control over your accounts, without you being able to access them (Instagram, email, amazon, etc.).

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Bank details

You may have your bank account and credit card information stored on your phone, either by the bank’s app, by a photo you have (although if you are a cautious person you should not store that data in photos), or at the time you enter it to make a purchase.

With this data a cybercriminal can perform various operations such as purchases or subscriptions to various services (which they can then resell elsewhere).

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SMS and 2FA

If the platform has a certain level of security and you have it well configured, for the cybercriminal to gain access to your account he will need something else, the second authentication factor (usually SMS or a code that changes every 30 seconds is used). The problem is that if the cybercriminal has accessed your smartphone, it is possible that he can also read the SMS and the clipboard (this is where data is stored when you copy) where most users copy the temporary code, so the cybercriminal could access even your most secure accounts.

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Web visits

While this may not seem dangerous, as with call logging, the cybercriminal can further profile you by providing the option to forward fake messages to you pretending to be the website you have visited.

How probably is it that they will attack you?

At this point I’m sure you’re thinking: okay, it could happen to me, but surely cybercriminals have better targets to attack?

While it is true that you are probably the first person on a cybercriminal’s list of possible targets, if you neglect the security of your mobile device, you are leaving the doors open and it is very likely that he will “fish” you in a massive action in which you have fallen.

Think about it, if a thief is going to steal a safe with a lot of money inside, but it has a very robust security and right next to it there is another safe already open with less money, do you think he would not take the money from the one that is already open, regardless of whether he also tries to open the first one?

For that reason, it is very important that you keep an eye on the security of yourcelular, We recommend that you review the security tips we show you in our free security application. UareSAFE.

Are you going to wait for it to happen to you, or would you rather protect yourself?

Download UareSAFE and protect your celular from this very moment.

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We confirm, you have a lot to lose if your smartphone is hacked

We confirm, you have a lot to lose if your smartphone is hacked

To know the vulnerable information you have exposed in your celular is the first step to protect yourself:

Identification documents

Phone call log

Current (and recent) locations

Files (including deleted files)

Passwords

Bank details

SMS and 2FA

Web visits

How probably is it that they will attack you?

Are you going to wait for it to happen to you, or would you rather protect yourself?

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