There are good weeks for some Android users: And then there are bad weeks: Malicious Android ‘Vapor’ apps on Google Play installed 60 million time – BleepingComputer The nature of Android devices can make then vulnerable to cyber-attacks and makes them a target for threat actors. Read about how this …
A good week for Android devices
I have written about the issues with keeping Android device securely patched, especially when contrasted with the Apple approach to iPads and iPhones. You can catch up with these considerations here: Devices and Cyber Security – A Primer | Smart Thinking Solutions This week though I have three good news …
Not CrowdStrike – Kombat Hamsters
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 …
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 The …
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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