The Absolute Beginners Guide to Cyber Security - Part 3

Explore how mobile apps affect device security, learn to identify fake apps, compare Google Play Store and Apple App Store, and outline steps to secure your phone when downloading apps.

Compare the Apple App Store and Google Play on security, showing four reasons Apple is more secure: strict publishing, mandatory updates, hardware control, and fragmentation.

Identify legitimate apps and spot fakes on the Google Play Store by checking app names, author legitimacy, reviews, installs, and red flags such as misleading logos.

Identify fake apps masquerading as services like WhatsApp in app stores, such as update WhatsApp Messenger, which display ads and earn revenue. Check developer name, reviews, and promises before downloading.

Explore jailbreaking iOS devices, how kernel patches bypass restrictions, why it's not unlocking, and the legal and safety risks, including warranty loss and updates breaking the device.

Explore how app permissions guard your data by demanding declarations on install, matching permissions to app goals, and preventing new permissions during updates; learn to review and revoke permissions.

Learn to check and manage Android app permissions, view per app access to contacts, location, storage, microphone, and camera, and manage unknown app installations with the sport cat app.

Discover how to check iOS app permissions in settings privacy. Review calendars, contacts, camera, and microphone access, then disable permissions or reset location and privacy when needed.

Apply four safety tips for mobile apps: download only from the app stores, delete unused apps, restrict app permissions, and install updates promptly to stay secure.

Explore how mobile malware targets devices via apps, with rapid growth—over 1.7 million malicious installation packages in Q2 2018—exploiting zero-day vulnerabilities for spying, data theft, ads, and ransom.

Explore how mobile ransomware denies access or encrypts data for a cryptocurrency ransom, and distinguish locker from crypto variants while noting infection vectors like apps and spam links.

Boot your Android into safe mode, identify suspicious apps by checking your apps list, then force stop and uninstall ransomware to restore normal device performance.

Learn how mobile trojan horse malware disguises as legitimate apps, overlays banking apps to steal credentials, and how to remove it with uninstall, malware bytes, or a router reset.

Explore mobile malware by contrasting viruses, which replicate and corrupt data, with spyware that records credentials, browsing, location, calls, texts, including the 2016 tryout spyware.

Identify the four main symptoms of malware on a mobile device: slow performance, intrusive pop-up ads, rising data usage, and heavy battery drain, and learn how to prevent infection.

Protect Android and iOS devices with Malwarebytes by enabling real time protection, performing scans, updating databases, understanding device administrator access, and recognizing the 30 day free trial.

Explore how a vpn on your mobile device creates an encrypted connection and protects your privacy. Access region restricted content by changing your ip address.

Discover how to set up NordVPN on mobile and desktop, connect to Iceland or nearby servers, and turn on cybersec to block malware and phishing.

Learn how to safely use public wifi by avoiding free networks and preferring https sites. Guard data with a vpn and avoid transmitting passwords or payment details on public networks.

Enable a screen lock, Google Play Protect, Find My Mobile, location services, and app permission monitoring, and enable SIM card lock and automatic security updates for Android.

Learn how Samsung's Find My Mobile and Google Find My Phone locate your Android device when connected to a network, then lock, ring, or erase data through Android security settings.

Learn how to locate, lock, erase data, or play a sound with Find My iPhone. Set up by logging in with Apple ID across iPhone, iOS devices, or Mac.

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Discover the top ten tips to secure your mobile device, including tweaking default security settings, anti-malware with VPN, app management, updates, password management, and backups.

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Discover other cybersecurity courses in the absolute beginners guide series, including part two on practical skills and part three on mobile device security, with part four covering personal security.

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