device mobile phones have become the fastestgrowing target for cybercriminals with sophisticated attacks such as ransomware identity theft and spearphishing becoming a reality 4 backup your data phones getting stolen and technical problems may lead to losing contacts images and other important data many devices can help backup data wirelessly so you can quickly restore the information on your device if the data is lost or accidently deleted data can also be merged with ones email id or put on cloud 5 examine an apps reputation before downloading shop and download apps from trusted app markets after reading a few reviews and ratings while apps ask for access to many features on your device many users dont examine these permissions carefully making it easy for malicious app developers to persuade users to grant unnecessary permissions accessing your identify contacts gallery location etc 6 scan the wifi hotspots and bluetooth devices before connecting dont allow automatic connections take control 7 keep a tab on who has access to your device most of us give our devices to kids for playing games watch videos etc most games and apps have inbuilt advertising links that can prove dangerous 8 dont store confidential information on phone bank passwords atm passwords etc should not be stored on phone 9 maintain confidentiality anything that you dont want to share with the world needs to be deleted from your phone including photos 10 no free apps please refrain from downloading free apps as far as possible