It is a while since I have highlighted Android malware – TrickMo attracted my attention for the simplicity of just imitating lock screens to steal your information. TrickMo malware steals Android PINs using fake lock screen (bleepingcomputer.com) But the malware does not stop there it among the malicious tasks it …
Mobile phone thefts
I have discussed your organisation’s information on an employee’s mobile phone as part of my Devices and Cyber Security Primer – and a BYOD policy is something, I find most organisations have. However, I have also found it is also one of the most ignored policies. This is why it …
What’s in your email?
This article started life in couple of ways. Over on CyberAwake I re-ran an article from summer 2022, looking at how some information, useful to a threat actor, could leak out of your organisation this summer, just because of the use of a simple setting in Outlook: The Out-Of-Office Email …
Google Pixel Updates
Google has released fifty patches for its Pixel range of Android based phones – some of which fix vulnerabilities that are being actively exploited. Google warns of actively exploited Pixel firmware zero-day (bleepingcomputer.com) As with any cyber security patch, if you have Google Pixel phones handling your organisation’s information, either …
Android devices and cyber security
I have just started an IT and Cyber Security Audit for a client and we have barely started when the issue of mobile phone use has come up – because there are more cyber security risks with Android devices when compared to iOS devices. Over 90 malicious Android apps with …
