Kaspersky: Half of UAE residents do not protect their phones with passwords

Pickpockets can find mobile theft more than they expected, 47% of UAE residents not protecting their mobile devices and only 25% using Kaspersky Lab anti-theft solutions These fears have revealed that people are leaving their devices, including large and growing amounts of valuable data, accessible to all.

Nowadays, many people use their mobile devices to access the Internet and do different activities. Tablet What is more harmful and disturbing than ever For example, 75% of respondents in a recent survey of Kaspersky Lab in the UAE say they use the Internet regularly on a smartphone, while 36% currently use a tablet for to connect regularly to the Internet. Many types of valuable data on these devices, and shared with others through them.

The survey found that more than a third of people, for example, use their smartphones in online banking, which allows them to access valuable financial information.In In addition, 65% of people use their smartphones Regularly to access their email accounts, 66% of them say use them in social networking activities, both of which involve huge amounts of sensitive data .

On mobile devices does not make people necessarily cautious and secure, with only 53% of users wanting to protect their mobile devices, while not encrypting files and folders to prevent unauthorized access to only 14% of users. [Allpersonalaccountdatafromletletimagesandfinancetechnicaldetailsareavailableforadministrationpard'others

The loss of devices, even those protected with passwords, can lead to dangerous consequences: for example, less than half of the individuals 46% have backed up their data. % of them use anti-theft features on their mobile devices, which means that their owners are unlikely to have access to their personal information and accounts.

Dmitry Alishin, Vice President of Product Marketing 19659008] Kaspersky Lab: "Users are closely connected to their connected devices as they allow them to access information from anywhere and anyplace. No matter when, considering that they have great value that criminals want to get, and that half of the phones are not. Passwords are protected and there are simple things that everyone can do and users can protect their personal information, images and accounts online from abuse or loss by using mobile device protection with passwords, and the use of specialized security solutions include protection against theft. "