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ForgeRock announced the appointment of Chris Lyon as senior vice president and global head of engineering. In his new role, Lyon will lead global engineering and report to ForgeRock’s chief product officer (CPO) Peter Barker. “Chris is an innovative en… Continue reading Chris Lyon joins ForgeRock as SVP and global head of engineering
Data loss prevention (DLP) has become even more important in the last year. Since the pandemic has made companies shif to a remote workforce model, cybersecurity threats have become increasingly complex and data security even more fragile. Companies ne… Continue reading How do I select a DLP solution for my business?
Caleb Sima has joined Robinhood as Chief Security Officer, reporting to CEO Vlad Tenev. Caleb will lead Robinhood’s security team and privacy and safety initiatives, including keeping customers informed about our cybersecurity practices. “Caleb brings … Continue reading Robinhood appoints Caleb Sima as CSO
Lookout, Inc. today announced the discovery of two novel Android surveillanceware, Hornbill and SunBird. The Lookout Threat Intelligence team believes these campaigns are connected to the Confucius APT, a well-known pro-India state-sponsored advanced p… Continue reading Lookout Threat Researchers Discover State-Sponsored Android Spyware Connected to Confucius APT
Lookout, Inc., the leader in mobile security, today announced the discovery of Goontact, a new spyware targeting iOS and Android users in multiple Asian countries. Uncovered by the Lookout Threat Intelligence team, Goontact targets users of illicit sit… Continue reading Lookout Discovers New Spyware Used to Blackmail iOS and Android Users
Lookout’s Hank Schless discusses accelerated threats to mobile endpoints in the age of COVID-19-sparked remote working. Continue reading As Modern Mobile Enables Remote Work, It Also Demands Security
With the election just a week away, cybercriminals are ramping up mobile attacks on citizens under the guise of campaign communications. Continue reading Election Security: How Mobile Devices Are Shaping the Way We Work, Play and Vote
A newly revealed set of mobile hacking tools adds to the extensive picture of Chinese government surveillance aimed at the country’s Uighur minority. Like Android-focused surveillance kits before them, the malicious software is capable of stealing sensitive data on target phones and turning them into listening devices, according to mobile security firm Lookout, which made the discovery. Some of the hacking tools have been in use for more than five years, but Lookout pieced them together into a vast spying effort tied to the Chinese government, underscoring the pervasive nature of the surveillance and the challenges of uncovering all of it. “Our research found that there are eight malware families meant to stealthily spy on this ethnic minority at the minimum, with some of them expanding even more broadly in their targeting,” said Kristin Del Rosso, Lookout’s senior security intelligence engineer. One of those malware families was cover in a 2013 report from the […]
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When public health experts started recommending social distancing to reduce the spread of COVID-19, the goal was to place people out of harm’s way. But the policy has forced many domestic violence victims to possibly face a far more insidious danger: isolating with an abuser. Security researchers tell CyberScoop that data show a rise in invasive surveillance software known as stalkerware — applications that can spy on partners’ texts, calls, social media use and geolocation information — since the coronavirus pandemic began, despite the fact that abusers are much more likely to be sharing the same living space as their victims. Three antivirus companies tracking stalkerware globally told CyberScoop they saw an increase in stalkerware detections just after governments at all levels put social distancing measures in place. Between January and May, for instance, California-based Malwarebytes and Germany-based Avira said stalkerware detections on their respective customers’ devices spiked by 190% and […]
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There was a 37 percent increase worldwide in enterprise mobile phishing encounter rate between the fourth quarter of 2019 and the first quarter of 2020, according to Lookout. The cost of enterprise mobile phishing The report also shows that unmitigated… Continue reading Enterprise mobile phishing increased by 37% in Q1 2020