
In the first part of this two-part blog, we outlined the kinds of banking and buying you can do on your mobile device, but also the things to watch out for. You might have noticed that our cautionary notes center around four threat vectors you need to track to stay safe: device, app, network, and account security. Hereās a list of best practices to stay secure, broken down by these categories. Itās long, but you can think of it as a knowledge bank you can draw upon to ensure your protection.
Device Security
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Network Security
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Account Security
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Mobile Tools to Enhance your Banking and Buying Security
Finally, depending on your needs, you should install some of the following Trend Micro Mobile Security Solutions on your mobile devices to help keep your mobile banking secure.
Trend Micro Mobile Security for Android and iOS provides a complete endpoint security system for your mobile devices, protecting you from browser/web, file, and app security threats. Using web threat protection, file reputation, mobile app reputation, and real-time and on-demand scanning, your mobile device is protected from all kinds of threats.
Trend Microās free QR Scanner for Android (and its equivalent in Trend Micro Mobile Security for iOS) lets you test-scan QR codes easily and safely, performing high quality URL safety checks on all the codes that you scan. If it detects danger along the way, it blocks you from going to the page and alerts you instantly.
Trend Microās Wi-Fi Protection for Android and iOS, provides an easy-to-use VPN for public Wi-Fi hotspots, using Trend Microās highly-secure cloud servers, so your Wi-Fi connection is encrypted and your data canāt be hijacked by man-in-the-middle attacks. Check if the app is available in your country.
Trend Micro HouseCall for Home Networks for Android and iOS (as well as Windows and Mac) scans all of the devices on your home network for privacy leaks and other network infections, since many home network devices have security issues that attackers can use to control them or the network itself. Check if itās available in your region.
Trend Micro Password Manager for Android and iOS (as well as Windows and Mac) provides strong passwords and encryption for logging into your online accounts and works both with mobile browsers and apps, including banking apps, to ensure your privacy and security.