This Threat Research is about the recently (re)discovered “FalseGuide” threat found in Google Play. FalseGuide is a form of malware that has been hidden in more than 40 game guide apps in Google Play since February 2017. According to reports, approximately 600,000 devices may have been infected before the known […]
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NDAY-2017-0102: Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability in NVIDIA Video Driver
By: Zuk Avraham Follow Zuk Avraham (@ihackbanme) Nicolas Trippar Follow Nicolas Trippar (@ntrippar) Following our announcement on the N-Days Exploit Acquisition Program for smartphones, we are delighted to share the first couple of submissions. We received many submissions and we’re in the process of sharing them with ZHA followed by a public disclosure. […]
Three Reasons Why Encryption Could Be Hurting Mobile Security
In the aftermath of Edward Snowden’s revelations about mass-surveillance by the U.S. government in 2013, technology companies have made a serious effort to convince their customers that they are in support of strong privacy by incorporating encryption policies. Popular messaging apps like Signal, WhatsApp and Telegram have added end-to-end encryption […]
Financial Industry Mobile Threats: How Banking Opportunity Meets Attack Liability
Financial companies see mobility as a competitive frontier for their business, and rightfully so. A superior mobile experience now does more to differentiate a bank than 1000 physical branches. As we’ve said before, killer banking apps are valuable assets to financial institutions, as customers expect to handle almost every aspect […]
zIPS Identifies Dangerous Wi-Fi Networks with Danger Zone
Zimperium added a couple of new features and screens to zIPS today based on customer demand. Our users understand the threat that mobile devices introduce into enterprises and have used zIPS to monitor for threats on Wi-Fi, apps and OS exploits, but some asked to peek under the screens a little […]
Zimperium Wins Best Mobile Security Product for Cybersecurity Excellence Awards
We are ecstatic to win, for the second year in a row, a Cybersecurity Excellence Award. Our Mobile Threat Defense platform won for Best Mobile Security product for 2017. The Cybersecurity Excellence Award is a prestigious award that honors individuals, products and companies that demonstrate excellence, innovation and leadership in […]
Secure Your Smart Phones at RSA with Zimperium
Mobile is Your Greatest Cyber Vulnerability and the Zimperium team will be demonstrating the latest in enterprise Mobile Threat Defense at RSA. Get a Trial at the Expo Booth Visit our expo booth N4710, Moscone North to meet with the zLabs Global Threat Intelligence team, for an in-depth look at our industry-leading […]
Zimperium Announces Its Exploit Acquisition Program for N-Days
Your million dollar 0day just got burned and now worth nothing? No worries – we are still interested in your exploit. The value of 0days can range from a few thousands to even a million dollars for a full remote exploit chain and many companies and governments are willing to […]
What is Mobile Threat Defense? Gartner’s Market Guide for Mobile Threat Defense Solutions
“It is becoming increasingly important that security leaders look at the anti-malware, mobile threat defense solutions market, the products available and how they should be used…” Gartner Market Guide for Mobile Threat Defense Solutions, John Girard, Dionisio Zumerle, 28 July 2016 Mobile Threat Defense (MTD) solutions protect mobile platforms by […]
Detecting Unknown Threats Time After Time
Zuk Avraham, Founder Follow Zuk Avraham (@ihackbanme) Last week, Ian Beer, from the Google Project Zero research team, released his local elevation of privileges exploit targeting iOS 10.1.1 [1]. We immediately understood that we had another opportunity to assess a new zero day exploit against our Machine-Learning attack and exploit […]
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