5 mobile security threats you should take seriously in 2018

IDGNS Mobile security is at the top of every company's worry list these days — and for good reason: Nearly all workers now routinely access corporate data from smartphones, and that means keeping sensitive info out of the wrong hands is an increasingly intricate puzzle. The stakes, suffice it to say, are higher than ever: The average cost of a corporate data breach is $21,155 per day, according to a 2016 report by the Ponemon Institute. While it's easy to focus on the sensational subject of malware, the truth is that mobile malware infections are incredibly uncommon in the real world — with your odds of being infected significantly less than your odds of being struck by lightning, according to one estimate. That's thanks...

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SURVEILLANCE MALWARE APPS MANAGE TO INFILTRATE GOOGLE PLAY STORE

Google’s Play Store has become home to some of the over a thousand malicious apps, known as ‘SonicSpy’, which have been deployed since February. Of the large number of spyware apps, believed to have come out of Iraq, at least three versions of the malware have appeared in the Play Store in the last six months, according to mobile security company Lookout. The malicious app most recently found on the Play Store was called Soniac – which was marketed as a customised version of cloud-based instant messaging service Telegram. However, it contained capabilities to silently record audio, takes photos, make outbound calls, send text messages to specific numbers, and retrieve information such as call logs, contacts and information about...

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Routers don't keep you safe from hackers

Many people assume that their router will keep them safe from hackers. It couldn't be further from the truth. There are a few things that routers offer, but they aren't enough. Port blocking isn't enough because hackers can get in through other ports. Unless you have an enterprise level router, the hardware is too weak to do much. 90% of people just have the router their ISP provides. It just doesn't have enough horsepower to do any meaningful analysis of traffic or any intelligent threat detection. Routers have static security measures that are outdated the moment they leave the factory. Hackers are constantly updating their tactics. This is why CUJO has security features that are intelligent and adapt to new threats. CUJO is...

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25 Scariest Things You Didn't Know About Using Public Wi-Fi

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‘AVALANCHE’ NETWORK DISMANTLED IN INTERNATIONAL CYBER OPERATION

On 30 November 2016, after more than four years of investigation, the Public Prosecutor’s Office Verden and the Lüneburg Police (Germany) in close cooperation with the United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Pennsylvania, the Department of Justice and the FBI, Europol, Eurojust and global partners, dismantled an international criminal infrastructure platform known as ‘Avalanche’. The Avalanche network was used as a delivery platform to launch and manage mass global malware attacks and money mule recruiting campaigns. It has caused an estimated EUR 6 million in damages in concentrated cyberattacks on online banking systems in Germany alone. In addition, the monetary losses associated with malware attacks conducted over the Avalanche network are estimated...

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iOS still does app privacy better than Android

There's not a lot new in Android 6.0 Marshmallow, which is now slowly making its way onto Android smartphones and tablets. Google characterizes Marshmallow more as an under-the-hood effort to improve system performance and stability. But one of the key new features for users is the ability to manage the privacy settings of applications. How do Marshmallow's privacy controls compare to iOS's? [ Looking to run office productivity apps on the go? Check out InfoWorld's comparisons of office apps for the iPad and office apps for Android devices. | If you're editing in the cloud, check out our comparison of cloud office suites. | Keep up on key mobile developments and insights with the Mobile Tech Report newsletter. ] For several versions, Android has shown users...

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5 Ways to Stay Away from Malware on a Smartphone

A malware is some software specially designed to harm your computer or smartphone, or to get your personal information for various anti-social purposes (let’s say spying on you). It may be a virus, a spyware, worm, or a Trojan, but their sole purpose is to harm you. Nowadays, since smartphones are more in use, these malwares are aimed mostly at them. So here are some precautions that you can adopt to stay away from them: 1. Download Stuff From Trusted Sources While you download stuff (songs, pictures etc.) into your mobile, be sure that you don’t download anything but what you want to download. Sometimes, rather most of the times, a file that you want to download is accompanied with a malicious software, that drains out your personal...

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