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 …
Device Security (Pt. 3) Just One More Thing…
This article was previously published on CyberAwake but as it discusses some fundamental ideas about mobile device security and app stores, I thought it should be published here as well. Following on from my two latest articles looking about device security (linked below), I am coming back to the subject, …
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White Hat Hackers
Here is some cyber security good news. Bugs in software found by the researchers before threat actors could exploit them: Google paid $10 million in bug bounty rewards last year (bleepingcomputer.com) Software is complicated and bug bounties paid by vendors is a good incentive for people to help them spot …