Executive Summary
Digital everything: Our phones help make it possible. We’ll tell you how to reduce the risks.
When was the last time you looked at your phone? Research suggests that many of us spend approximately one-third of our day on mobile devices. This shouldn’t come as a surprise since our phones and other mobile devices are how we stay connected, pay bills, play games and keep our lives in order.
The end of 2022 saw the release of some game-changing applications such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT chatbot and DALL-E 2 image generator. These tools have provided powerful artificial intelligence to the masses. While this creates exciting opportunities for innovation and productivity, it also provides those same opportunities to cybercriminals.
McAfee’s Threat Research Team has the benefit of getting an inside look at today’s mobile threats. Using this insight, we have created this report to help you better understand the risks and how to protect against them, so you can get all the freedom, control, access, and fun that our phones provide, while avoiding the potential pitfalls that cybercriminals throw your way.
We hope this provides a useful resource for protecting your digital life, mobile devices, and your family, so you can safely live your online life.
