In physical world, warning sign is to alert you in keeping you safe.
In cyber world, warning message might be abused as phishing attack or scam because it makes use of general public not able to differentiate if real or fake.
What can we do to stay cyber secure? Some tips:
- Be vigilant to alerts, validate as much as possible or refer to persons with sufficient knowledge what’s about
- Maintain your devices with latest version and necessary security patches
- Do not install unnecessary tools, or tools from source with doubt (social network, discussion forum, advertisement)
- Do not bypass system built-in feature, e.g. root or jailbreak the device to run codes from other sources