A slow smartphone is enough to frustrate any user. While often dismissed as a factor of age, wear and tear or even too little space from installing too many apps, the truth is often more sinister, thanks to malware.
For the many who might have thought they read a foreign word above, malware is defined by the Oxford Dictionary as “software that is specifically designed to disrupt, damage, or gain unauthorised access to a computer system,” and being a computer system itself, for your smartphone, the definition remains the same.
According to Norton, a cybersecurity firm behind antivirus software, once your phone is hacked, your other devices may be next if they are connected.
How smartphones are attacked by malware
The internet, littered with malicious websites, is ready to attack…
