Today I was going to talk about about the importance of monitoring your information storage and user accounts, but Mr Putin’s government changed my mind, as they have compelled Apple to remove VPN apps from the Russian App Store. (Gatlan, 2024) What is a VPN? It stands for Virtual Private …
Android Malware
This is another story of another malicious Android app making its way into the Googler Play store and then onto users devices: Anatsa Android malware downloaded 150,000 times via Google Play (bleepingcomputer.com) Something Apple users can probably look forward to when the EU forces Apple to allow side loading and …
I really like the Apple App Store
Let me clarify that statement. I really like the Apple App Store as a step in a cyber security plan. When your people have your organisation’s infomration on their devices – it is reassuring that those who are using Apple devices are getting their apps from a sorce that is …
Apple’s report into how it stops App Store crimes
I choose not to call them scams but crimes. The Apple App Store is well curated, that is one of Apple’s selling points for its products – the added security this curation brings. But of course, the threat actors are always looking for ways to squeeze past this curation. Apple …
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You must have an Android cyber security policy
People complain about the way Apple controls its App store, “Android and Google Apps are far less restrictive”, but whatever the arguments it does mean their level of app curation improves the cyber security of Apple devices. The fact that Apple controls both the hardware and operating systems of their …
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