I ended last week with an infected Android app, now there is an advisory from CISA to patch a vulnerable Android driver: CISA warns govt agencies to patch actively exploited Android driver (bleepingcomputer.com) NVD – CVE-2021-29256 (nist.gov) Android devices that are used by employees as “BYOD” devices are always difficult …
Let’s finish the week with some Android malware
You have to exercise some control of any Android devices that your team are using for “BYOD”. At the very least educate them in the risk of Android apps even if they are downloaded from the Google Play Store. Rogue apps do get through: Apps with 1.5M installs on Google …
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We will end the week on an Android attack
The malware is distributed through a chat app called BingeChat, which has a very legitimate looking website! Android GravityRAT malware now steals your WhatsApp backups (bleepingcomputer.com) Your takeaway from yet another Android compromise is have policies and procedures in place for every portable device both company owned and BYOD and …
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You need an Android smartphone BYOD policy
Here is another mass download of a malware infected Android app: SpinOk Android malware found in more apps with 30 million installs (bleepingcomputer.com) Please have a look at this: Scanning for Apple iPhone iOS malware You need a bring-your-own-device policy for your phones. This policy should also include to company …
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Scanning for Apple iPhone iOS malware
This is not what you are thinking. It is not a malware scanner on your Apple iPhone and it is for a very specific malware infection. What it is a multi-platform scanner produced by, the Russian security company, Kaspersky to detect if an iOS device has been infected with ‘Triangulation’ …
