FixableProtecting your accounts
Mobile malware & dodgy apps
Harmful apps and fake “updates” on your phone.
Understand it
Malicious apps - sometimes in official stores, more often from links - can read your messages, take banking logins, or intercept the codes that guard your accounts.
How to spot it
Apps asking for far more access than they need, fast battery drain, texts you did not send, or installs you did not choose.
Close the gap
- Install only from official app stores; do not sideload from links.
- Review app permissions and remove apps you do not use.
- Keep the phone’s operating system current.
- Consider reputable mobile protection on a banking-heavy phone.
What to do about it
This is part of your plan at the High-risk level - Harden your devices. Work through it there and you’ll close this off along with everything else it covers.