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.” […]
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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 […]
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 […]
Don’t take a knife to a gunfight – the mobile security dilemma
Zimperium is growing with more customers, partners and most recently, more talent! We’re pleased to announce the appointment of John Michelsen to the role of Chief Product Officer, CPO. John will be working closely to manage our development and product roadmap to continue our commitment to excellence for our enterprise […]
No Patch to Same Origin Policy (SOP) Bypass in Old Android Devices
By: Zuk Avraham and Rachel Ackerly Is Google abandoning their customers? A recent policy change at Google to stop producing security updates for Android 4.3 or older could jeopardize roughly 930 million Android users. This translates into about 60% of all Android users, many who would never realize they were […]
Cutting through the Weekly Mobile Security Noise
Introducing Our New Blog Series: Cutting through the Weekly Mobile Security Noise The worlds of mobile and security generate news at a breakneck pace. And when you operate at the intersection of those two markets, like Zimperium, it can be overwhelming to process what’s happening on an hour-to-hour […]
Legacy Mobile Security Solutions Leave Gaps
Complete Visibility to Traffic is Key to Delivering True Mobile Security Legacy approaches to securing mobile devices only solve pieces of the mobile security problem. Enterprises need to adopt a true security solution optimized for mobile that provides complete visibility and protection against known and unknown threats. Ideally, this solution […]
The Biggest Threat to Enterprises Comes on the Smallest Screen
Criminals may not have physical access to your device – but that won’t stop them from hacking your device remotely to steal sensitive and confidential data. The BYOD revolution is here to stay and enterprises need to adopt mobile security best practices that can help prevent cyberattacks like Shellshock, WireLurker, […]
2015 Mobile Security Predictions – Mobile Attacks Move Mainstream
As 2014 inches to an end, Zimperium Mobile Security Labs researchers are actively preparing to stay one step ahead of attackers in the ever changing mobile security threat landscape. Due to the growing mobile device market, and the recent wave of attacks like Shellshock, Poodle, WireLurker and DoubleDirect, the Zimperium […]
Welcoming Shridhar Mittal to the Z family
Earlier this year I promised big changes at Zimperium. We announced our Series A funding, launched Zimperium Mobile Threat Defense system with the World’s first Mobile IPS, and most recently made zANTI2 our award-winning mobile assessment tool completely free for community usage. Well, I’m excited to say that we have […]
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