On occasion we have told you about malicious malware and viruses that attack devices that operate with Android and that affect the security of our data and information, such as Pawost and Godless.
For this reason, security has become an essential requirement in recent years when choosing an operating system and Smartphone. The user stops more, looks for information and spends more time when they are going to make a purchase.
The mobile operating system has experienced an increase in terms of security. The different versions have been updated, as well as new applications that improve user privacy have been appearing.
To improve security we can follow these steps:
It is essential to have an automatic lock system on the screen, be it a pin code, a password or a pattern.
Protection for applications
If you are one of those who leave your mobile behind, it is recommended to use the AppLock application, with which you can protect any application with a password or even block some settings such as deactivating Wi-fi or uninstalling applications so that are inaccessible.
This app also allows you to hide photos and videos by creating a gallery within this application.
It is very important to choose a good password for all our accounts. It must contain uppercase, lowercase, numbers, punctuation marks… with a minimum extension of 8 characters, the longer it is, the better. Without forgetting to use different passwords for each account.
The main attacks that are carried out to find out passwords are called brute force, that is, using software they try different combinations of all the characters. Another type of attack is the dictionary attack, where they test the use of words that are present in the dictionary.
So it is necessary that we use secure passwords. There are applications to save passwords without having to memorize them, such as 1Password.
Wifi
Connect to Wi-Fi networks that are secure, of which you know their origin. What is recommended is to connect to public networks only and exclusively when necessary, deleting automatic access after use.
Secure Applications
Downloads of applications that provide extra security, either because they use an encryption algorithm or by any other option.
Data encryption
For some time now, Android devices have allowed disk data to be encrypted, something that is irreversible and can slow down your terminal, but at the same time increases the security of the operating system.
Antivirus
It is not necessary to install an antivirus on an Android operating system, since it slows down the mobile and most of the time it does not perform any type of cleaning.
What you have to do is control the sites you access, the applications you install, and download files from trusted sites.
It is recommended to use the antivirus to scan and delete infected files when you already know that your smartphone is infected or works slower than normal.