Almost a third (29%) of Russians keep photos of their passports and other important documents on their smartphones. This is evidenced by the results of a survey by New Kaspersky commissioned by Kaspersky Lab and received by socialbites.ca.
Also, 17% of respondents admitted to hiding screenshots or photos of other people’s documents, 15% admitted to keeping business correspondence, and 13% admitted to taking pictures of them so they wouldn’t forget their passwords.
At the same time, according to the results of the company’s survey in December, 40% of Russians are worried that their smartphone may be infected, 38% are afraid of tracker software, and 22% of respondents say their personal data may be encrypted by ransomware.
“In general, people are aware of the cyber threats that smartphone owners may face. But despite this, users can store confidential and corporate data on unprotected devices, exchange them in instant messengers, and do not think about protecting the device itself from various malware,” said Dmitry Galov, cybersecurity expert at Kaspersky Lab.
Galov recommended storing photos of documents in special secure vaults and using password managers for secret combinations. At the same time, if possible, it will not be superfluous to set up two-factor authentication in all services and not to neglect the use of antivirus on all your devices.
The new Kaspersky survey was conducted in March 2023 among 1,217 people in major cities of Russia.
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