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How secure is your mobile phone? Beyond the Android vs iPhone debate, what are your options for providing better smartphone security for yourself or your company? Mobile devices have become both integral and ubiquitous in everyone's lives, and so they have attracted the interest of criminal hackers eager to steal your vital information. Here are a few tips to help you protect yourself. Three Layers of Security As  InfoWorld  notes, all smartphones have three basic elements of security. Your first major task as a mobile user is to become aware of these layers and enable them in your devices: Device Protection: Allowing remote data "wiping" if your device is ever lost or stolen. Data Protection : Preventing corporate data from being transferred to personal apps running on the same device or personal network App-Management Security : Protecting your in-app information from becoming compromised. Smartphone security depends not only on the phones, but also on ...

Smartphone, the biggest invention of mankind poses a real and a massive threat to its security. In this article, we will see few of the major security issues posed by the smartphones. With regard to hardware issues, the biggest threat to yourself is the phone battery. Make sure you do not talk or use your phone when it is being charged. Secondly, if your phone keeps heating up then get it checked from the service center before it explodes in your hand, pocket or while its pressed against your ear. With regard to software issues, whenever you are downloading an application, a popup will usually appear asking your permission to access various folders in your phone and also access to mic, camera, GPS, contact list etc etc. Did you wonder why this app needs access to these utilities on your smartphone? An alarming proportaion of Android applications can find and open private photos on your phone, track your location, copy all your contacts, and even use mic and camera of y...

Hacking has evolved from a one-person crime of opportunity to an open market of sophisticated malware backed by crime syndicates and money launderers. Years ago the typical hacking scenario involved a lone attacker and maybe some buddies working late at night on Mountain Dew, looking for public-facing IP addresses.  When they found one, they enumerated the advertising services (Web server, SQL server and so on), broke in using a multitude of vulnerabilities, then explored the compromised company to their heart's content. Often their intent was exploratory. If they did something illegal, it was typically a spur-of-the-moment crime of opportunity. When describing a typical hacking scenario, these days you must begin well before the hack or even the hacker, with the organization behind the attack. Today, hacking is all crime, all the time, complete with bidding markets for malware, crime syndicates, botnets for hire, state actors, and cyber warfare gone amok. Here are the ...

About Haven Haven is for people who need a way to protect their personal spaces and possessions without compromising their own privacy. It is an Android application that leverages on-device sensors to provide monitoring and protection of physical spaces. Haven turns any Android phone into a motion, sound, vibration and light detector, watching for unexpected guests and unwanted intruders. Haven  is designed for everyone who want to remain secure from any unforeseen threat. By combining the array of sensors found in any smartphone, with the world’s most secure communications technologies, like Signal and Tor, Haven prevents the worst kind of people from silencing citizens without getting caught in the act.

Sharing  is good but sharing everything on internet is not good at all. Few things which you must avoid sharing on internet: 1. Personal information like your credit/debit card information to untrusted sites, CNIC details, home address, PTCL number, vehical details, bank details etc. 2. Usernames and passwords of your social media sites, bank account login, email passwords etc. 3. Your current location and future vacation plans should not be shared on public forums as it gives an open invite to house burglars. 4. Pictures or videos of people without their consent. 5. Pictures of credit/debit cards, CNIC card and images of other important documents like car ownership documents, house registry, cheques etc. 6. Inappropriate personal images which can become embarrassing in the future. 7. Complaints about others. Remember, things take on lives of their own when they end up on internet. 8. Extreme likes or dislikes specially related to religious, political, r...

Security  is a peace of mind. It is a mental state which provides you a sense of freedom and protection against all threats. Are you aware of the threats? Can you visualize the threats? What are the threats specific to your person and in general to everyone in your surroundings? How can you protect yourself before it is too late? These are few of the questions this blog site intends to discuss and suggest solutions.   Written By: NA