By:Joshua Drake Follow Joshua Drake (@jduck)Nikias Bassen Follow Nikias Bassen (@pimskeks) Apple released iOS 9.2.1 update, the first iOS security update in 2016. As part of this update, Apple fixed code execution vulnerability in syslogd that was reported by Zimperium zLabs researchers Nikias Bassen and Joshua J. Drake. In this […]
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zYiRemoval – Free tool to remove YiSpecter
By:Nikias Bassen Follow Nikias Bassen (@pimskeks) An enterprise security vendor, Palo Alto Networks, followed up on a threat discovered by Cheetah Mobile and Qihoo360, and identified a malware spreading through social media and other channels. This malware, named YiSpecter, is abusing enterprise code signing to trick the user into installing […]
iOS 9 security: A reality check
By zLabs :: Jimmy Shah Apple has released iOS 9 with a large number of security fixes. Zimperium recommends that iOS users install the latest iOS update. There are 60+ vulnerabilities present in iOS 8.x that are fixed in the upgrade to iOS 9. The vulnerabilities include the ones that are […]
Top iOS Security Researcher Joins zLabs
Zimperium kickstarted Q3, 2015 on a high note as Nikias Bassen, a world-renowned iOS security researcher, joined Zimperium. Nikias will be part of the zLabs, one of the most advanced mobile research and exploitation teams in the world. With zLabs (@zLabsProject) – led by company founder Zuk Avraham, Zimperium has combined […]
What Verizon Missed in the Latest Threat Report
By: Zuk Avraham, Joshua Drake, Yaniv Karta, Jimmy Shah (To download the detailed report, click here) Recently, Verizon published a report that says that malware on mobile is not an issue. We strongly suggest Verizon and other enterprises not underestimate the scale of one percent. The sheer number of mobile […]
Apple patches major security vulnerabilities in the watchOS
Is the Apple Watch secure? While everyone is tuned in to WWDC 2015, waiting for the latest moves and releases from San Francisco, there are those of us whose first reaction is to see, and sometimes find, the potential security vulnerabilities that come with each new iOS and gadget. The […]
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 […]
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: 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 […]
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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