Threats of Lost or Stolen Mobile Devices

Threats of Lost or Stolen Mobile Devices

Backup-Protect mobile data before it is lost or stolen

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  The following steps show how to install an application on an emulator and the remaining steps show how to download a security app on your device and use the app for mobile security.
  

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  These steps show how to download and install an android app in an emulator.
  

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  We will do this by downloading and installing Mobile backup 2 app .
  

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  Download Mobilebackup2.apk
  

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  Rename the file if you like to and place it in platform tools folder of your installed SDK folder location eg:
  

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  Here we have renamed the file to mob2.apk
  

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  Now open command prompt and go to the location of app placed
  

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  Now type the following command adb devices to see if the emulator is detected
  

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  Now install the app by giving the command adb install mob2.apk (give the name of the app that you have downloaded with .apk extension ).
  

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  Once you get the success message this indicates that the app has been successfully installed in the emulator.
  

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  Click on the app Mobile backup II and we see that the app is up and running on the emulator.
  

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  Download the app Mobile Backup 2 from googly play store. Click on the following link you can do this from your mobile device see that your mobile supports android applications.
  

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mobilehome.backup&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsIm1vYmlsZWhvbWUuYmFja3VwIl0.

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  Install the app to your mobile device.
  

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  Once the app is downloaded and installed run the app Mobile Backup2 you can see the following screen.
  

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  Click on SMS option to take back up of your SMS log.
  

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  We have also taken the backup for contacts.
  

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  In this manual we have taken the backups for SMS and Contacts.
  

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  Once we take the backup we see the below screen.
  

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  If we try to take Backup for SMS again then below screen pops up with two options
  

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  Overwrite Previous backup file: It overwrites the stored backup file that was previously saved.
  
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  Append to Previous backup file: This option appends the data to previously stored backup file.
  

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  To Restore Backed up data click on restore button.
  

Encryption- Protect mobile data before it is lost or stolen

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  Download BoxCryptor App from the google play store into your mobile device .
  

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  After installing BoxCryptor , you can see the below screen on your phone. Box Cryptor allows you to use several tools to store your encrypted files. Such as Dropbox, GoogleDrive , Microsoft SkyDrive, WebDAV and also SD Card . We will use SD Card to store the data . Tap on “Connect to SD Card”.
  

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  Once you tap on Connect to SD Card it shows you the list of folders available that contain files which can be encrypted.
  

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  Tap on the Add a new folder icon.
  

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  Once you tap you can see the below screen on your mobile device.
  

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  Enter the name, password and the confirm tab and then tap on Advanced then you get to the sreen shown below.
  

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  In Encryption Algorithm select AES-256. Once completed you get to the screen below.
  

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  Now tap on the icon shown below on your mobile device.
  

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  Once tapped it shows you the categories of folders that contain the files that you would like to encrypt.
  

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  We have selected an Image File from the Gallery folder. Once we select the file it gets encrypted as shown in the below screen shot.
  

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  To decrypt the file tap on the encrypted file and the file would get decrypted.
  

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