Not all the news this week is going to be about a global company messing up their updates! Threat actors are always looking for the quickest and easiest way to reach the greatest number of victims – that is how their “business model” works! So exploiting a game with 250 …
Google Pixel Updates
Google has released fifty patches for its Pixel range of Android based phones – some of which fix vulnerabilities that are being actively exploited. Google warns of actively exploited Pixel firmware zero-day (bleepingcomputer.com) As with any cyber security patch, if you have Google Pixel phones handling your organisation’s information, either …
Android devices and cyber security
I have just started an IT and Cyber Security Audit for a client and we have barely started when the issue of mobile phone use has come up – because there are more cyber security risks with Android devices when compared to iOS devices. Over 90 malicious Android apps with …
It looks like being a week of device security – these numbers should convince you to do something
I have written about the risks of Android apps – a lot, see the highlights of the issue here: Device Security (Pt. 2) | Smart Thinking Solutions However to reinforce the statement that apps downloaded from the Google Play Store can be a serious security risk on your organisation’s information, …
Devices and Cyber Security – A Primer
I have written a number of articles over the past few weeks about how organisations need to be thinking about theirs’s and their employee’s devices and cyber security. Device Security (Pt. 1) Device Security (Pt. 2) Device Security Just One More Thing… When hardware reaches EOL – Device Security These …
