Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
The Microsoft Security Blog is reporting on a flaw discovered in the Android TikTok app that would potentially allow threat actors to take over the user’s account with them clicking on a malicious link. Vulnerability in TikTok Android app could lead to one-click account hijacking – Microsoft Security Blog Remember …
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I think if you read this blog, you have a smartphone and that the security of that smartphone is important to you. By now you should also understand that the functionality of that smartphone is a trade off between your privacy with the various suppliers. I do not use some …
Following yesterday’s story that threat actors have already compromised Android 13’s security setting, here is a good news story about how Android 13 with help protect your privacy: The Android 13 Privacy Settings You Should Update Now | WIRED UK
Threat actors invest time and effort into beating security measures, especially when the targets are so profitable. Android users have proven to be lucrative targets: Malware devs already bypassed Android 13’s new security feature (bleepingcomputer.com) Make sure you have policies and procedures in place if your team are BYODing Android …
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There is a risk associated with with downloading apps from the Google Play Store – even though Google is working on improving the privacy and security of the apps on offer there: I really like this – more transparency in the Google Play Store and the way apps will use …
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Here is another report from the well respected Citizen Lab about the use/misuse, sale/mis-sale of the spyware Pegasus by the Israeli NSO Group. GeckoSpy: Pegasus Spyware Used Against Thailand’s Pro-Democracy Movement – The Citizen Lab The sale of these types of cyber weapons on the open market, is enabling governments …
The malware is called Autolycos and it has been found in at least eight apps on the Google Play Store by Evina’s security researcher Maxime Ingrao. Have you installed it? New Android malware on Google Play installed 3 million times (bleepingcomputer.com)
