Collaborate Disseminate
The ‘NoReboot’ technique is the ultimate in persistence for iPhone malware, preventing reboots and enabling remote attackers to do anything on the device while remaining completely unseen. Continue reading Apple iPhone Malware Tactic Causes Fake Shutdowns to Enable Spying
Microsoft this week announced the public preview of zero-touch onboarding for Defender for Endpoint on iOS.
With the new capability, organizations can deploy Defender for Endpoint on iOS across devices in their environment without requiring any form of… Continue reading Microsoft Announces Zero-Touch Onboarding for ‘Defender for Endpoint’ on iOS
Researchers at mobile security firm ZecOps have shown how a piece of iOS malware can achieve “persistence” on a device by faking its shutdown process.
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Google this week published information on the first set of 2022 security updates for Android, describing a total of 48 vulnerabilities that were addressed across Android OS, Pixel devices, and Android Automotive OS.
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Continue reading Google Patches 48 Vulnerabilities With First Set of 2022 Android Updates
Expect many more zero-day exploits in 2022, and cyberattacks using them being launched at a significantly higher rate, warns Aamir Lakhani, researcher at FortiGuard Labs. Continue reading What the Rise in Cyber-Recon Means for Your Security Strategy
Here’s what cybersecurity watchers want infosec pros to know heading into 2022. Continue reading 5 Cybersecurity Trends to Watch in 2022
Security flaws in the recently released Fisher-Price Chatter Bluetooth telephone can allow nearby attackers to spy on calls or communicate with children using the device. Continue reading That Toy You Got for Christmas Could Be Spying on You
A look back at what was hot with readers in this second year of the pandemic. Continue reading The 5 Most-Wanted Threatpost Stories of 2021
Gabriel Weinberg’s DuckDuckGo is taking aim at the desktop browser market, betting that default privacy-centric settings will provide safer alternatives to Google’s Chrome and Microsoft’s Chromium-based Edge browsers.
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Continue reading DuckDuckGo Signals Entry Into Desktop Browser Market
A large-scale, long-term phishing experiment conducted in a 56,000-employee organization has come to a startling conclusion: Those simulated phishing tests commonly seen in corporate user-education campaigns are actually making things much worse.
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