{"id":1384,"date":"2020-09-17T15:03:28","date_gmt":"2020-09-17T09:33:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trendstechblog.com\/?p=1384"},"modified":"2020-09-17T15:04:14","modified_gmt":"2020-09-17T09:34:14","slug":"mobile-phishing-danger-for-users-and-companies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trendstechblog.com\/mobile-phishing-danger-for-users-and-companies\/","title":{"rendered":"Mobile Phishing Danger For Users And Companies"},"content":{"rendered":"

As we use them in many ways today, smartphones have their development history behind them, from a pure telephone to a communication instrument, to a device that, in principle, no longer differs from a laptop in terms of its functions and technical features.<\/p>\n

With very few exceptions, such mobile devices no longer run on proprietary or device-specific operating systems. Instead, 97% of all mobile devices sold rely on one of two operating systems. The fact that hackers have long since taken advantage of. For a good reason.<\/p>\n

Current malware is now so significant that it can even target specific device types. This opens up a broad additional field of activity for hackers and one that can be opened up with limited resources. Modern mobile devices are susceptible to malware, man-in-the-middle attacks, SMS information interception, and, most importantly, phishing<\/strong><\/span><\/a> attacks.<\/p>\n

Most attack scenarios benefit from the fact that, on a mobile device, we are much more inclined to click on a malicious link or to install legitimate-looking malware. Social engineering, phishing, or a combination of different attack vectors are the means of choice. The only way to protect yourself against attacks of this kind is to make the user aware and provide technological support.<\/p>\n

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