Traveling abroad with your Smartphone DEPARTURE TRAVEL

Traveling abroad with your Smartphone
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Before
During
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DEPARTURE
TRAVEL
RETURN
Save all important data
Fortify passwords
Update software and apps
Encrypt files
Delete sensitive information
Enable screen lock and
timeout
Enable firewalls
Disable Bluetooth and GPS
Leave nonessential devices at
home
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Maintain physical control
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Terminate connections after
Wi-Fi use
Use a VPN
Visit secure websites only
Disable file sharing
Avoid public Wi-Fi networks
Never use “remember me”
for passwords
Don’t click links in text or
email messages
Don’t download apps
Don’t connect to unknown
devices
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Avoid immediately
connecting device to
personal or business
networks
Scan devices for malware
independently or through
your organization
Change all passwords
"Traveling with Mobile Devices: Trends & Best Practices." Mailing List.Traveling with Mobile Devices: Trends & Best Practices. US
Department of State Diplomatic Security, 23 July 2015. Web. 23 Sept. 2015.
HACKING HAPPENS
Has your phone ever been hacked while traveling overseas?
The most malicious mobile software
attacks on users. (Measured by the
Kaspersky Lab)
Top 10 in 2014:
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Russia
India
Kazakhstan
Germany
Ukraine
Vietnam
Iran
UK
Malaysia
Brazil
How will you know you have been hacked?
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Disappearing apps
Disruption to the phone’s primary communications functions
Rapid Battery Life Failure
Apps downloaded from third-party stores
Service disruptions
Intercepted text messages
Pictures taken that you didn’t take
Open applications and web pages
SCHWARTZ, MATTHEW J. "ANDROID SECURITY: 8 SIGNS HACKERS OWN YOUR SMARTPHONE." DARK READING.
N.P., 23 NOV. 2013. WEB. 23 SEPT. 2015.
"TRAVELING WITH MOBILE DEVICES: TRENDS & BEST PRACTICES." MAILING LIST.TRAVELING WITH MOBILE
DEVICES: TRENDS & BEST PRACTICES. US DEPARTMENT OF STATE DIPLOMATIC SECURITY, 23 JULY 2015. WEB. 23
SEPT. 2015.
"Traveling with Mobile Devices: Trends & Best Practices."
Mailing List.Traveling with Mobile Devices: Trends & Best
Practices. US Department of State Diplomatic Security, 23
July 2015. Web. 23 Sept. 2015.
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Multiple survey respondents identified China as their travel
destination when they discovered their mobile phone had
been hacked. China has been identified as a high risk
location for mobile device.
"Traveling with Mobile Devices: Trends & Best Practices." Mailing List.Traveling with Mobile Devices: Trends &
Best Practices. US Department of State Diplomatic Security, 23 July 2015. Web. 23 Sept. 2015.
"Traveling with Mobile Devices: Trends & Best Practices." Mailing List.Traveling with Mobile Devices: Trends & Best Practices. US
Department of State Diplomatic Security, 23 July 2015. Web. 23 Sept. 2015.