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How Are They Hacking Your Smartphone? An Infographic

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Thousands of smartphones get hacked every day. It has actually become sort of a problem today, and there are a number of apps that have been released to protect smartphones from theft.

Here is an infographic I created that details the various methods the smartphone hackers are using to attack your device. The graphic is based on data found at Lookout.com.



In order to embed the infographic on your blog, use the following code:

<iframe src="http://infogr.am/How-are-they-attacking-you/" width="680" height="4130" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="border:none;"></iframe><br/>As found at: <a href="http://www.bluebugle.org/2013/01/smartphone-hacking-infographic.html"> Smartphone hacking | Blue Bugle</a> and <a href="https://www.lookout.com/resources/reports/state-of-mobile-security-2012">Lookout.com</a>
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