According research of B2B International και της Kaspersky Lab, το 33% των Ευρωπαίων που μοιράζεται με άλλους συσκευές με σύνδεση στο Internet it does not take preventive protective measures. Based on their responses, these users do not seem to realize that sharing devices with relatives, friends or colleagues can significantly increase the likelihood of losing or stealing the data stored on them. However, the more people use a device, the more chance that one of them will make a mistake and become a victim of a cheating by a digital criminal.
Very often, the owner of a computer, phone or tablet is not the only person who uses it to access the Internet.
About one in three Europeans who participated in the survey said they shared their devices with others. 29% of users share their devices with other adults in the same house, 4% gives them to their children, while 1% allows their devices to be used by colleagues or other acquaintances.
It should be noted that this applies to most commonly used Internet access devices, which means they are more likely to contain valuable data, such as logins and account passwords.
When a device accessed by various users does not have protection, it can be extremely risky, as no one can be absolutely sure that other users are sufficiently aware of the digital threats.
An inexperienced user can fall victim to scammers or "download" a malicious executable file. At the same time, 33% of those who share devices with other users state that they do not take any security measures because they "do not see any risk". Only 38% of users create copies ασφαλείας των σημαντικών δεδομένων, πριν δώσει μία συσκευή σε κάποιον άλλο. Το 33% προστατεύει με κωδικό πρόσβασης τα δεδομένα του και μόλις το 20% προσπαθεί να μην αποθηκεύει οποιαδήποτε σημαντική πληροφορία σε τέτοιες συσκευές.
"Sharing a computer or smartphone increases the risk of malware intrusion, data loss, or account theft, so it's important for users to take precautions.
It is necessary for them to back up their important files, delete information that should not fall into the wrong hands, disable auto-fill tools, try to control user access rights to their device and – most importantly – use programs that offer security against digital threats," noted Elena Kharchenko, Head of Consumer Product Her management Kaspersky Lab
In this context, Kaspersky Lab has the solution Kaspersky Internet Security - Multi-Device 2015, which has been developed to provide security to different devices. The company's solution can protect even inexperienced users from visiting potentially dangerous websites, downloading malicious software and various other threats.
The product supports multiple platforms as it has technologies που μπορούν να χρησιμοποιηθούν για την προστασία υπολογιστών με λειτουργικά συστήματα Windows και OSX, καθώς και Android συσκευές. Ακόμη, περιλαμβάνει προγράμματα για την safe Internet browsing on mobile devices with Windows Phone and iOS operating systems.
