Social media is both a boon and a bane. While it has connected billions of people, made them more accessible, and created more possibilities for the end-users. There's no doubt that it has also made them more susceptible to security threats and vulnerabilities. According to We Are Social, there are around 4.62 billion active social media users worldwide. This is precisely the very reason why cyber criminals love social media as well.
Four high-severity vulnerabilities have been exposed to the framework used by pre-installed Android system apps with millions of downloads. Fixed by Israeli developer MCE Systems, this issue could allow an attacker to launch remote and local attacks or be used as a vector to exploit extensive system privileges to obtain sensitive information. Here’s what Microsoft 365 Defender Research Team had to say about it.
The Chinese government took down over 2 million applications from Chinese app stores in just two years (2018-2020)! Now, the government has revised and published stricter cybersecurity updates or provisions for mobile app development, which will go into effect from August 1st, 2022. Why is this happening, and what does the new policy say? Also, how does it affect the developers within China? If you have these questions on your mind, this blog is for you.
Navigating the internet in 2022 is more dangerous than ever for Australian netizens. The risks to the privacy of Australian customers are at an all-time high, as the nation has reported the highest percentage of mobile threats globally, standing at 26.9%. The average Australian netizen uses web-based mobile apps to browse, entertain, communicate, and shop online.
Are you looking about getting a penetration test done, but you're not sure what kind of test to get. If you are an IT consulting company, you must have heard about black-box, grey-box, and white-box testing. The following are some of the most common questions asked when it comes to selecting the type of testing: Consider the advantages and disadvantages of black box, grey box, and white box testing.
Lookout and VMware recently announced the debut of Workspace ONE Mobile Threat Defense (MTD), a new mobile security solution incorporating Lookout mobile protection technologies. Through this partnership with VMware, Lookout Mobile Endpoint Security is built in and can be activated seamlessly within Workspace ONE. This new solution is an extension of past integrations of Lookout with the Workspace ONE Trust Network.
As a mobile app developer, you must develop and release fully functional and safe applications. While you can manage the functionality quite comfortably, making the application secure and resilient to cyber-attacks is hard. So, what should you do? Well, we got you covered. This blog discusses the top 10 security issues developers encounter during mobile app development and the solutions.
Lookout Threat Lab researchers have uncovered enterprise-grade Android surveillanceware used by the government of Kazakhstan within its borders. While we’ve been following this threat for a while using Lookout Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) these latest samples were detected in April 2022, four months after nation-wide protests against government policies were violently suppressed.
If you are not taking enterprise mobile security seriously, look at these stats: According to the State of Enterprise Mobile Security 2022 Report, 75% of the analyzed phishing sites targeted mobile devices. The same report stated that 30% of the total zero-day vulnerabilities discovered in 2021 targeted mobile devices. Security week states that mobile phishing attacks have increased at a consistent rate of 85% since 2011.
Apple says that it protected many millions of users from being defrauded to the tune of nearly $1.5 billion dollars in the last year, by policing its official App Store. According to a newly published report by Apple, over 1.6 million risky and untrustworthy apps and app updates were stopped in their tracks due to the company’s fraud prevention analysis.
