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, …
I have an LG TV!
Researchers at BitDefender have discovered cyber security flaws in WebOS, the operating system used in LG smart TVs. Over 90,000 LG Smart TVs may be exposed to remote attacks (bleepingcomputer.com) I manual ran a software update on my TV to ensure it is running the latest secure version of WebOS. …
Manage and Patch that Hardware
It is so easy to forget about those boxes in the cupboard, that your organisation depends on. I often find routers, switches and other devices left off my initial investigation document when I start an IT and Cyber Security Audit. Here is the reason why you must make sure they …
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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Device Security (Pt. 2)
This is the second part to my article on device security, the first part is here: Device Security (Pt. 1) – CyberAwake Back to Basics – Device Security I finished the first part of this article taking a brief look at hybrid home workers, but of course hybrid working does …
Device Security
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 …
