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7 TIPS TO PROTECT YOUR SMARTPHONE FROM GETTING HACKED



Amy Bunn

Mar 14, 2024

5 MIN READ

There’s little rest for your hard-working smartphone. If you’re like
many professionals today, you use it for work, play, and a mix of personal
business in between. Now, what if something went wrong with that phone, like
loss or theft? Worse yet, what if your smartphone got hacked? Let’s try and keep
that from happening to you. 

Globally, plenty of people pull double duty with their smartphones. One survey
found that 81% of people use the same phone for a mix of personal and work
activities. The same survey showed that 87% of businesses require their
employees to use a smartphone for work. 

Whether these figures trend on the low or high end, the security implications
remain constant. A smartphone loaded with business and personal data makes for a
desirable target. Hackers target smartphones because they’re often unprotected,
which gives hackers an easy “in” to your personal information and any corporate
networks you may use.  

Put simply, as a working professional with a smartphone, you’re a high-value
target.  


PROTECT YOUR SMARTPHONE FROM BEING HACKED 

As both a parent and a professional, I put together a few things you can do to
protect your smartphone from hacks so that you can keep your personal and work
life safe: 


1. ADD EXTRA PROTECTION WITH YOUR FACE, FINGER, PATTERN, OR PIN. 

First up, the basics. Locking your phone with facial ID, a fingerprint, a
pattern, or a pin is your most basic form of protection, particularly in the
event of loss or theft. (Your options will vary depending on the device,
operating system, and manufacturer.) Take it a step further for even more
protection. Secure the accounts on your phone with strong
passwords and use two-factor authentication on the apps that offer it,
which doubles your line of defense.    


2. USE A VPN. 

Or, put another way, don’t hop onto public Wi-Fi networks without protection. A
VPN masks your connection from hackers allowing you to connect privately when
you are on unsecure public networks at airports, cafes, hotels, and the like.
With a VPN connection, you’ll know that your sensitive data, documents, and
activities are protected from snooping, which is definitely a great feeling
given the amount of personal and professional business we manage with our
smartphones. 


3. STICK TO THE OFFICIAL APP STORES FOR YOUR APPS.

Both Google Play and Apple’s App Store have measures in place to help prevent
potentially dangerous apps from making it into their stores. Malicious apps are
often found outside of the app stores, which can run in the background and
compromise your personal data like passwords, credit card numbers, and
more—practically everything that you keep on your phone. Further, when you are
in the app stores, look closely at the descriptions and reviews for apps before
you download them. Malicious apps and counterfeits can still find their way into
stores, and here are a few ways you can keep those bad apps from getting onto
your phone.    


4. BACK UP THE DATA ON YOUR PHONE. 

Backing up your phone is always a good idea for two reasons: 

 * First, it makes the process of transitioning to a new phone easy by
   transferring that backed-up data from your old phone to your new phone. 
 * Second, it ensures that your data stays with you if your phone is lost or
   stolen—allowing you to remotely wipe the data on your lost or stolen phone
   while still having a secure copy of that data stored in the cloud.  

Both iPhones and Android phones have straightforward ways of backing up your
phone regularly. 


5. LEARN HOW TO LOCK OR WIPE YOUR PHONE REMOTELY IN CASE OF EMERGENCY. 

Worst case scenario—your phone is gone. Really gone. Either it’s hopelessly lost
or got stolen. What now? Lock it remotely or even wipe its data entirely. While
that last bit about wiping the phone seems like a drastic move, if you maintain
regular backups as mentioned above, your data is secure in the cloud—ready for
you to restore. In all, this means that hackers won’t be able to access you, or
your company’s, sensitive information—which can keep you out of trouble and your
professional business safe. Apple provides iOS users with a step-by-step guide
for remotely wiping devices, and Google offers a guide for Android users as
well. 


6. GET RID OF OLD APPS—AND UPDATE THE ONES YOU KEEP. 

We all download apps, use them once, and then forget they are on our phones.
Take a few moments to swipe through your screen and see which ones you’re truly
done with and delete them along with their data. Some apps have an account
associated with them that may store data off your phone as well. Take the extra
step and delete those accounts so any off-phone data is deleted.  

The reason for this is that every extra app is another app that needs updating
or that may have a security issue associated with it. In a time of data breaches
and vulnerabilities, deleting old apps is a smart move. As for the ones you
keep, update them regularly and turn on auto-updates if that’s an option.
Updates not only introduce new features to apps, but they also often address
security issues. 


7. PROTECT YOUR PHONE. 

With so much of your life on your phone, getting security software
installed on it can protect you and the things you keep on your phone. Whether
you’re an Android owner or iOS owner, McAfee+ can keep your data, your shopping,
and payments secure. 

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cybersecurity for over 15 years. During this time, Amy has witnessed the
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