According to news reports, a new strain of Android malware has infected 25 million devices and modified legitimate apps with a malicious ads module. It’s believed the malware originated from a Chinese internet company that helps Chinese Android developers publish and promote their apps in foreign markets. The malware was […]
We are thrilled to announce that Zimperium, the global leader in mobile threat defense (MTD), is the first and only MTD provider to be granted an Authority to Operate (ATO) status from the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP). The Zimperium Federal Cloud – Zimperium’s MTD – has achieved […]
If you search “data breach” on Google, you’ll get a variety of articles ranging from Equifax to the latest Quest Diagnostics data breach. However, search “mobile devices hacked” and you probably will only find articles on WhatsApp. That’s it. So does this mean information is being stolen, but just […]
In our second blog, I discussed why a mobile device needs to be protected. Exactly what are we talking about here? What are the ways an attacker can hack a mobile device to get what they need? Gone are the days where attackers throw USB thumb drives in parking […]
With 1 billion more mobile connections in the world than there are people in the world, it’s fair to say most people have a mobile device. Certainly, Zimperium works with clients in the public sector and the private sector, in countries and on continents around the globe, with organizations in […]
“Watering Hole” is a cyber attack strategy in which the victim is a particular group (organization, industry, or region). In this attack, the attacker typically observes which websites or applications the group often uses and infects one or more of them with malware. Eventually, some members of the targeted group […]
The Business Intelligence Group today announced Zimperium’s zIAP as the winner of the 2019 Fortress Cyber Security Mobile Application Security Award. This is zIAP’s second consecutive win. The business award program identifies and rewards the world’s leading companies and products working to keep data and electronic assets safe among a […]
They say it happens in threes. This time, the three are: Flipboard, the social sharing site and news aggregator, reset millions of user passwords after hackers gained access to its systems several times over a nine-month period; Developer platform Stack Overflow earlier this month confirmed a breach involving “a […]
In JPMorgan Chase’s 2018 annual report, CEO Jamie Dimon states in a widely read letter to shareholders the following. “The threat of cybersecurity may very well be the biggest threat to the U.S. financial system.” In April 2019, five of seven CEOs from the largest U.S. banks testified during House […]
In my first blog, I discussed why mobile devices are the likely choice for savvy attackers since they typically have no endpoint protection. Let’s understand what is on the device and how that can impact an enterprise/organization. The goal of an attacker that is targeting your organization, is not to […]