Mobile hacking is an exciting field for cybersecurity enthusiast and at the same time lucrative for hackers. This is given significant rise in the number of mobile device users in the last decade. There are over 3.7 billion mobile users globally while over 3 billion of them use smartphones. Mobile device security has come to the front burner given increase in smartphone penetration worldwide, which average at about 75% in developed economies (mostly west countries) and 52% in developing economies.
The attack surface for mobile devices and endpoints is diverse due to several vulnerabilities associated with mobile devices just as is the case with traditional computing systems (e.g. PCs, servers) in addition to their direct access to the internet. The far-reaching impact of mobile hacking some of which are reputational damages and financial losses arising from theft of confidential and personal identifiable information has dramatically altered the cybersecurity landscape. Unauthorized access could be gained into stored and communication data, recording instruments such as microphones and cameras, location data and peripheral tools like Bluetooth & Wifi, among other. This section explores some of the modern techniques used to exfiltrate personally identifying information from mobile devices without the knowledge of mobile users. Effort will be made to also explain the detection modes and ways of preventing same.Nwabueze Ohia
(Cybersecurity consultant, Tech Blogger & Author)
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