Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
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 …
Today I have published the first part of a two-part article on device security over on CyberAwake. This is something many organisations skip over, if they have implemented a password policy and MFA! Device Security (Pt. 1) – CyberAwake Often the reluctance to take action is because they are concerned …
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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BYOD – bring your own device – probably every organisation has non-company devices handling sensitive information. Threat actors have created a trojanised version of a legitimate game installer that they are promoting through side channels to attract users (victims) to install it. The Super Mario game is installed and works …
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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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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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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’ …
