As the battle against cyber security and online threats continues, we’ve been monitoring conversations around how security trends impact organizations and policy makers across our nation. This week’s events demonstrate the importance of the topic of cyber security, not just for organizations and individuals, but for government authorities as well. […]
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Cutting through the Weekly Mobile Security Noise: Privacy threats – from the global to the personal
This week we learned that when it comes to cyber security, no one is safe. From larger corporations such as Microsoft, to individual consumers, everyone’s at risk. The latest headlines continue to reflect security breaches and threats to private data. In the meantime, the best option for us is to […]
Zimperium Raises $12M in Series B Funding Led by Telstra
We are excited to announce that Zimperium raised $12M in Series B Funding. This is a major milestone for Zimperium and is a testament to the quality of the Z-Team, the products we develop and the customers we have in place successfully using Zimperium’s Mobile Threat Defense. 2014 was a […]
Telegram App Store Secret-Chat Messages in Plain-Text Database
EDIT: The following post * was not on a rooted or jailbroken device *. In order to access the plain-text secret-chat database containing the messages, we used our implementation of CVE-2014-3153. The claims that the device is rooted / jailbroken are incorrect and misleading. I will start by quoting CryptoFail […]
Cutting through the Weekly Mobile Security Noise: The Kaspersky Lab Disclosure
This week we’ve been monitoring reactions to a report released on Monday by Kaspersky, the Moscow-based internet security company. The firm claims it has uncovered spying software inside the hard drives of several institutions across thirty different countries, making it “the most sophisticated attack the world has seen to date.” […]
Zimperium Takes on Mobile World Congress 2015
Next month Zimperium has the honor of presenting on the evolution of the mobile threat landscape at Mobile World Congress, March 2-5, in Barcelona, Spain. After a record 2014, we are excited to showcase our Mobile Threat Defense system for iOS and Android devices to event attendees! Be sure to […]
Cutting Through the Weekly Mobile Security Noise: Cybersecurity to own the national stage
This week we saw an attempt from the federal government to put a little more wood behind its arrow in pursuit of effective ways to monitor and combat cyber security threats. While the issue has clearly become a priority for the Obama administration – there does seem to be some […]
Cutting Through the Weekly Mobile Security Noise: We are all in this together
This week in cyber security we have seen that in the face of attacks from seemingly every angle the best way to fight back and move forward may be as a united front. While the concept might not seem far-fetched considering that it only takes one weak link (perhaps a […]
Millions impacted by infected Android Apps
Millions of Android users have been impacted recently by malware masquerading as a card game called Durak, an IQ test and a history app. The discovery was made by Avast security researcher, Flip Chytry. The malware contains fake ads that pop-up whenever an unsuspecting user unlocks their device. The ads […]
Cutting Through the Weekly Mobile Security Noise: The Weakest Link
In the world of cyber security there is no denying that we are only as strong as our weakest link. The main issue however is trying to predict which link is most likely to make a mistake and leave an organization vulnerable to a potential security breach. This week we […]
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