As technology grows and changes, personal privacy may not be that private anymore. Nowadays, people are banking online, scanning their irises to breeze through airport security and fingerprint scanning to access their laptops- and their personal information could be targeted by thieves and hackers. Therefore, it is no longer safe to post all the personal valuable information on the net.
As Internet users display more of their personal information on social networking websites, computer hackers are employing increasingly sophisticated methods to pry that information loose. In many cases, they're devising small attacks that can fly under the radar of traditional security software, while exploiting the trust users place in popular business and consumer websites.
For consumers, its not just their profiles on social network that can be mined for personal information. Sophisticated smartphones that run full-fledged operating systems and e-mail applications, and hence store more reliable data, could present tempting targets.
Security researchers have found numerous ways to break into prominent mobile phone platforms from Symbian and Microsoft and quickly demonstrated ways to break into Apple's new iPhone.
In the corporate world, criminals are hunting for more of the valuable info stored on companies server. Cyberthieves are also attacking corporate databases in search of undiscloses financial data or proprietary design and engineering information that can be sold in return for a large sum of money.
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