2.1.4 Smartphone's technologies
Many users around the world feel attached to their mobile phones, back in around late 1980's the very first mobile phone was available in the market for purchase, of course not everyone could afford to buy it at that time yet it had limited functionality such as making calls and possibly sending text messages, then it gradually changed from there towards these technologies.
As the names suggests, smart phones are multifunction device which allows its users variety of options such as making phone calls, text, browsing the net, or playing games, it allows the users to learn and earn while having fun at the same time with that options in mind this makes it a popular target from today's society (Jones, et al, 2013). …show more content…
(Smith, 2011)
Due to the lack of awareness of the variety mobile device users such as Smart phones, cyber attackers are creating a tremendous amount of malicious software which makes this device open for attack, according to the report that was produced by the Government Accountability Office in the United State and these malicious software are believed to be around 40,000.
However, mobile device manufacturers are arguing that they have taken the necessary steps to improve the security of these devices and therefore it's up to the owners of these devices to follow these enhanced security practices and its unlikely that these security mechanisms are consistently executed on these mobile devices. (Article written by: Cooney, 2013)
According to the Government Accountability Office in the United State report, here are the most common vulnerabilities and weakness in these
Many users around the world feel attached to their mobile phones, back in around late 1980's the very first mobile phone was available in the market for purchase, of course not everyone could afford to buy it at that time yet it had limited functionality such as making calls and possibly sending text messages, then it gradually changed from there towards these technologies.
As the names suggests, smart phones are multifunction device which allows its users variety of options such as making phone calls, text, browsing the net, or playing games, it allows the users to learn and earn while having fun at the same time with that options in mind this makes it a popular target from today's society (Jones, et al, 2013). …show more content…
(Smith, 2011)
Due to the lack of awareness of the variety mobile device users such as Smart phones, cyber attackers are creating a tremendous amount of malicious software which makes this device open for attack, according to the report that was produced by the Government Accountability Office in the United State and these malicious software are believed to be around 40,000.
However, mobile device manufacturers are arguing that they have taken the necessary steps to improve the security of these devices and therefore it's up to the owners of these devices to follow these enhanced security practices and its unlikely that these security mechanisms are consistently executed on these mobile devices. (Article written by: Cooney, 2013)
According to the Government Accountability Office in the United State report, here are the most common vulnerabilities and weakness in these