Pervasive Privacy Crisis Smartphone Becomes Hacker New Target

Some foreign media claimed that a Russian hacker group had stolen the account names and passwords of nearly 1.2 billion internet accounts through e-mail. For a time, Internet privacy security has become a hot topic. However, in fact, smart phones have become a new target for more and more hackers than traditional webpage intrusions.

How can it be more scary for hackers to black out smart phones?

According to reports, Group-IB, a Russian information security company, found through investigation that the total number of smartphones infected by malware in Europe and the United States is very large. Among them, there are more than 541,000 cards that can be traced. These mobile phone users have met with varying degrees of difficulty. The bank card password was stolen and the SMS password was cracked. Tens of thousands of rogue softwares, like zombie viruses, infect and connect to each other in a very primitive way. This method was only present on PCs as early as a few years ago, and rare smart machines have encountered such security problems.

According to Bloomberg's data, the goal of Internet crime is increasingly concentrated on smart phones. With reference to the huge base of nearly 2.5 billion smart phone users worldwide, if such intrusions cannot be effectively controlled, it is difficult to imagine the scope of the spread. In contrast, what is even more frightening is that the way these hackers use to invade smart phones is so simple.

For this reason, Group-IB used a photo to show us how the hackers could "pick" people's fragile smart phones after the phones were black. We can find that for the privacy of the hacked user, the hackers can choose three basic functions: "see picture", "acquire orientation" and "call back". Through the red and green colors, the password can be displayed. Is it "on" or "off"? All smartphones that have been hacked are categorized according to the brand. The operating status of each machine is marked in detail. This feeling is not so much an attack on other people's systems, it is more like saying that it is shopping online.

In response, Ilya Sachov, president of Group-IB, further stated that most of these rogue software targets bank data in the user's mobile phone. Among them, 70% of the infected user's mobile phone comes from Russia, 20% comes from Europe, and US smart phone users are infected. The proportion is relatively small, only 10%.

However, if you think that security anti-theft technology is constantly updated and perfected, and fears of hackers are not scary, then it may be a mistake. In fact, hackers are also "advancing with the times": smarter and more targeted technology that invades the target device - no longer need to be as before, hackers do not need you to download an app application, When you update your mobile app with a secure app, they can send a degree code via a text message link. As long as it is contaminated, your smartphone is still a desperate fisherman.

Buying a smart phone is not difficult. The hard part is how to use it safely.