Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
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)
This is a follow-up to last week’s story: New commercial spyware for phones – Smart Thinking Solutions This is Google describing how they countered the Hermit smartphone malware and discusses their Project Zero for countering zero-day threats. Spyware vendor targets users in Italy and Kazakhstan (blog.google) Your best defence against …
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Google researchers are reporting on spyware that is active on both Apple and Android smartphones – the spyware is called Hermit and Google has taken steps to protect Android users. The software developed and marketed by RCS Lab, based in Milan, will exfiltrate messages ,contacts and password information from targeted …
