Providing mobile PC or mobiles to access internet for official purposes, remote access to all business applications may put a personal or organization’s vital information at risk.

For professionals or individual users, using mobile or mobile PC there are plenty of benefits such as work from, work from anywhere etc. The Mobile devices have their own characteristics, but also with security concerns such as sensitive information access with mobiles

There are various threats which can affect the mobile users in several ways.

For example, Sending multimedia messages and text messages to the expansible toll free numbers unknowingly by clicking yes for a message received through mobile phone.

Now-a-days many malicious programs has come which will try to get access over mobile phones and laptops and steal the personal information inside it.

Security Concerns

Exposure of critical information :- Small amounts of WLAN signals can travel significant distance, and it’s possible to peep into these signals using a wireless sniffer. A wireless intruder could expose critical information if sufficient security isn’t implemented.

Lost or Stolen devices :- Even if sufficient security is implemented in wireless virtual private networks (VPNs), if a device is lost or stolen, the entire corporate intranet could be threatened if those devices aren’t protected by password and other user-level security measures.

Mobile viruses :- Mobile viruses can be a major threat, particularly with devices that have significant computational capabilities. Mobile devices, in general, are susceptible to viruses in several ways

Viruses can take advantage of security holes in applications or in the underlying operating system and cause damage.

Applications downloaded to a mobile device can be as virus-prone as desktop applications.
In some mobile OSs, malformed SMS messages can crash the device.

Tips for Mobile Security