3. Digital Revolution of Mobile Devices
• Network of humans, machines, and
Internet of Things (IoT)
• Desktop Era
Millions
• Cellphone Era
200 Million – Past
• Internet of Things Era (IoT) (Network)
10 Billion - Present
• Internet of Everything Era (IoE) (Global)
50 Billion - Future
4. Risks
Loss of Personal Information
No inherent Firewall, Anti-virus,
or Encryption
Unregulated Apps + Unlocked
Phones
Mobility = Increased Exposure
App & Web-based Attacks
5. • Difficult to determine
• Slow performance, decreased functions
• Random actions by the phone
• Phone logs calls you never made
• Photos, documents, and files are added/deleted without
user interactions
Symptoms of being hacked ….
• Feel your phone & battery (excessively hot)
• Check if phone lights up all by itself when not in used
6. Countermeasures
• Do not root or jailbreak
phone
• Be selective and research app
• Device lock & encryption
• Mobile Anti-Virus
• Failed log-in auto wipe (iPhone)
• No PII inside phone (backup & delete)
• Limit exposure to Wi-Fi
• Log-out completely from web browsers