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Don't let apps go Phishing

Phishing with Apps In your mail inbox some of mail are non-general mails like that credit card I had supposedly applied for has been approved and second types of mail like that loan I had also outwardly sought has been sanctioned. Let us hope that you know all about phishing where you tricked into clicking on bogus email link .So make sure that these types of mail is appropriate or not?! . But there is another backdoor which you may not considered and that is your mobile apps and permissions you grant to apps when you install them in your mobile. When you sign in to your app it will ask you whether you want to create a new user name or password or log in with your Facebook , Google or Twitter  account and  you would have accepted to do or latter thereby opening up the app permission hole.  M obile apps have now become a new arena for cyber crime and it is not only about malware or phishing scams. Make sure to allow your data to be hijacked when ...