{"id":6977,"date":"2018-12-07T09:27:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-07T09:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/datcomWP\/?p=6977"},"modified":"2018-12-07T09:27:00","modified_gmt":"2018-12-07T09:27:00","slug":"as-2018-ends-mobile-cyberthreats-wont","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.datcomllc.com\/index.php\/2018\/12\/07\/as-2018-ends-mobile-cyberthreats-wont\/","title":{"rendered":"As 2018 Ends, Mobile Cyberthreats Won\u2019t"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mobile devices have made conducting business much more convenient, as the right application can allow transactions to be made from anywhere you may be reading this blog. However, this increased accessibility has come with a price &#8211; threats to mobile security &#8211; which requires any business to be aware of the state of cybersecurity, especially concerning mobile devices, now and in the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Now:<\/strong><br \/>\nIt\u2019s the holiday season, which means that many will find that themselves traveling, either to visit family and friends or to seek out more agreeable climates. However, business being what it is, many will also still be trying to get work done during their travels.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to the incredible capabilities of the mobile devices we have today, this is made much easier. A business that leverages cloud solutions offers mobile users an exceptional amount of maneuverability, and the popularity of Bring Your Own Device policies have made it so that the resources needed to accomplish work goals are never too far away. Yet, this access is a catch-22, as it also means that data can be easily lost, far from the business\u2019 location and the protections it should have in place.<\/p>\n<p>Resultantly, there are a multitude of ways that a cybercriminal can come into possession of your data, either personal or professional. Fortunately, there are some ways to help prevent this from happening as well.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Public Wi-Fi is Too Public<\/em>: When out in public, you\u2019ll want to avoid connecting to public Wi-Fi networks when shopping or accessing sensitive information. We all know that hunting for the best deals is made much easier when you can look up prices online, but you\u2019ll want to use your data instead. Public signals make hackers\u2019 jobs that much easier with their typically insufficient security standards.<\/li>\n<li><em>Charity Good, Charity Scams Bad<\/em>: These phishing variants can come in via all avenues, but very commonly take the form of calls and text messages. A scammer pretends to be working for some charity, but in actuality, just wants your money and data for themselves. If you receive what you believe to be a charity scam attempt, you\u2019d be wise to do some research into who is asking for it before handing over your data, payment information or otherwise.<\/li>\n<li><em>Charge Carefully<\/em>: Whether you\u2019re at the airport during a layover and trying to eke a few more minutes out of your device, or you\u2019re deal-hunting online as you\u2019re wandering the mall, you need to make sure you\u2019re being smart about how you\u2019re keeping your device charged. Many attackers will hide attacks in charging stations, waiting to strike whomever connects.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The Then:<\/strong><br \/>\nOf course, these hacks and threats aren\u2019t going to end after the holiday season is over. Moving into 2019, the above threats are still going to be just as large of a problem, along with many other threats. Much of this will be in part due to our reliance on mobile devices.<\/p>\n<p>Hackers will still be able to intercept data exchanged on an unsecure network, more devices will become outdated and insecure (you may want to peek at some of those holiday deals for an upgrade), and yes, more people will enable these threats through uninformed decisions. You need to make sure that your business isn\u2019t influenced by threats like these.<\/p>\n<p>COMPANYNAME can help. Get your business a holiday gift by calling PHONENUMBER and speaking to us about our managed IT services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mobile devices have made conducting business much more convenient, as the right application can allow transactions to be made from anywhere you may be reading this blog. However, this increased accessibility has come with a price &#8211; threats to mobile security &#8211; which requires any business to be aware of the state of cybersecurity, especially [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6985,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[124,95,15],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.datcomllc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6977"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.datcomllc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.datcomllc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.datcomllc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.datcomllc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6977"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.datcomllc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6977\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.datcomllc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.datcomllc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.datcomllc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.datcomllc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}