Many people are worried about their digital security. During the spring, IT attacks were committed against Bjurholm municipality, the Sophiahemmet hospital and several grocery stores, among others.
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Android phones are particularly vulnerable
Even private individuals can be exposed and according to the security company Check Point Research (CPR), it is a certain type of mobile phone that has been the target of most forms of threats and attacks, which mobil.se Be the first to write about.
After Apple’s iPhones, Android phones are the most common mobile phones in Sweden and unfortunately have a couple of versions that have been particularly vulnerable.
According to CPR, 87 percent of people exposed to security threats use Android versions that do not support a certain operating system, which in turn means that the mobile phones lack the necessary security updates to protect themselves
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The most vulnerable operating system goes by the name of Android 11 and accounts for 21.4 percent of the affected devices, in CPR’s survey. Second place among the most vulnerable operating systems is shared by Android 8 and Android 5.
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The new operating system is not waterproof
The latest operating system from Android, Android 13, gets a significantly better result but is not completely waterproof. According to CPR, the latest operating system received 1.8 percent of all attacks.
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