According to recent reports, many people do not realize how much sensitive information is stored on their smartphones and believe that these portable devices are inherently more secure than PCs.
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Reports from Zimperium and Cyble show that no built-in security is enough to prevent attackers from hacking a device if the owner doesn't take steps to secure it.
“I think the biggest challenge is that users aren’t personally connecting these security best practices to their own personal lives,” Avishai Avivi, CISO at SafeBreach, told Lifewire via email. “Without understanding that they have a personal stake in securing their devices, this is going to continue to be a problem.”
Nasser Fattah, chair of the North American Steering Committee at Shared Assessments, told Lifewire via email that attackers target smartphones because they offer a large attack surface and unique attack vectors, including SMS phishing or smishing.
