Application Security April 7, 2022

Which Third-Party Messenger App Is Best for Secure Business?

4 min read - In October 2021, Facebook (now Meta), and all its platforms (Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger) shut down across the globe for up to six hours, leaving billions without a messaging service. While Facebook engineers scrambled to fix the problem, users pivoted…

News December 14, 2021

Squid Game Used as Lure for Malware Campaigns, Phishing Attacks

2 min read - Digital attackers are using Netflix’s popular series “Squid Game” as a lure for their malware campaigns and phishing operations. Two Trojan Downloaders Targeting Fans Kaspersky uncovered dozens of different malicious files related to Squid Game between September and October 2021,…

News July 19, 2021

Android Security: Over 150 Security and Privacy Issues Found on Stalkerware

2 min read - Who stalks the stalkers? When it comes to Android security, stalkerware presents a double risk. It’s common knowledge that mobile stalkerware undermines a target’s privacy. That’s kind of the point. A stalkerware incident often involves someone, such as a spouse,…

Mobile Security July 15, 2021

Are Your Employees’ Old Phone Numbers Creating Vulnerabilities?

4 min read - In the last hour, I’ve used my phone to take pictures of my teenagers, spy on my dogs while I was out of the house, pay my electric bill and watch a funny video. Then, while buying some new dish…

Mobile Security May 12, 2021

Private LTE or 5G: Which Is More Secure?

4 min read - Employees using mobile devices for work is nothing new. From health care workers using them for patient care to a salesperson checking work email in an airport, most of us have our phones on us at all times. However, the…

Application Security February 16, 2021

Solving 5 Challenges of Contact Tracing Apps

3 min read - Contact tracing apps are designed to help public health agencies connect the dots by linking confirmed carriers of novel coronavirus to recent, close-proximity interactions. In theory, this creates a protective safety net — a way for countries to manage the…

Endpoint January 29, 2021

The Importance of Mobile Technology in State Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) Programs

4 min read - Under the federal Electronic Visit Verification mandate, care providers for people with disabilities or the elderly confined to their homes will need to check in and out with a device equipped with GPS. It isn’t a security risk mandate per se,…

Software Vulnerabilities January 19, 2021

QR Code Security: What You Need to Know Today

3 min read - QR codes are very common today, enough so that attackers are discovering ways of using them for profit. How can QR codes be used this way, and what can you do to boost QR code security and protect against these…

Banking & Finance December 15, 2020

IBM Trusteer Exposes Massive Fraud Operation Facilitated by Evil Mobile Emulator Farms

7 min read - IBM Security Trusteer’s mobile security research team has recently discovered a major mobile banking fraud operation that managed to steal millions of dollars from financial institutions in Europe and the US within a matter of days in each attack before…

May 18, 2020

Mandrake Espionage Platform Selects Android Devices for Exploitation

2 min read - Security researchers observed the newly documented Mandrake espionage platform carefully selecting Android devices for further exploitation.