One of the best ways to secure your mobile business communications and data is to reduce your chance of being a target. Simple thought, but how do you realistically do that?
Believe it or not, the type of mobile phone you use will play a significant part in making your business a target.
In a study carried out in 2019, it showed that certain brands of smartphone are far more likely to be targeted by hackers than others. The table below shows the volumes of UK phones that are most targeted by hackers.
The figures represent the number of searches made on “how to hack” each brand of phone:
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List of most targeted Smartphones in UK |
Total number of Google searches |
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How to hack an iPhone |
10,040 |
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How to hack a Samsung |
700 |
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How to hack a Huawei phone |
200 |
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How to hack an LG phone |
90 |
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How to hack a Nokia |
70 |
|
How to hack a Sony smartphone |
60 |
If you then add in the number of searches made on how to hack a particular App, the volumes show a staggering number made. Therefore using these Apps puts you and your business at risk.
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List of Apps with highest hack volume of searches in UK |
Total number of Google searches |
|
|
12,410 |
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Snapchat |
7,380 |
|
|
7,100 |
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YouTube |
1,950 |
|
|
1,790 |
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Messenger |
1,750 |
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Gmail |
1,510 |
|
|
1,120 |
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Amazon |
1,070 |
|
Netflix |
750 |
These figures not only represent searches for how to hack a smartphone or specific App, they also highlight the focus of desire on which devices to target.
The answer to secure business smartphones
It is clear from the two tables above that the type of smartphone your business uses and the type and number of third-party Apps your employees use, will have an impact on the risks posed by hackers.
We have also discussed before the importance to business smartphone security by combining a range of factors. Our article Understanding the business impact of network infrastructure security details the importance of ensuring the network your business uses is vital to maintaining secure mobile phone communications.
Further, to highlight how no one; no matter how high profile or successful you are, your smartphone can still be used to target your data and information. This is specifically covered in our article Unhackable mobile phones – Jeff Bezos phone hack.
Assuming your smartphone is secure does not necessarily mean that’s the case.
The secure smartphone for business
The Blackphone PRIVY has been designed, from hardware to software, to be an unhackable device. The security and privacy features provide protection to businesses and Company Executives from being hacked and losing their sensitive data and personal information for the hackers financial gain.
The list of the Blackphone PRIVY’s security features includes:
- Data separation sandbox
- Encrypted storage
- End to end encryption
- Reverse wipe
- Locked bootloader
- Untraceable device
- Wiretap secure
Coupling these security features with other privacy protocols, makes the Blackphone PRIVY the ideal business smartphone solution for those Company Executives seeking an unhackable smartphone.
For additional tips on how to maintain your business smartphone’s security and privacy, our article entitled Smartphone security - How to keep your smartphone safe offers useful additional advice.
Alternatively, if you would like to discuss your specific business smartphone security requirements, then please give our team a call and they will be more than happy to help develop the best solution for your business.
Read more about the Blackphone PRIVY or call our Sales Team on +44 (0)871 666 9 666.