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Government Employees at High Risk for Mobile Phishing

SecureWorld News

New research from Lookout reveals the most common mobile threats aimed at federal, state, and local government agencies and their employees—all of which have increased since 2021. Almost 50% of all phishing attacks in 2021 sought to steal credentials of government personnel, up from 30% in 2020.

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Top 10 Malware Strains of 2021

SecureWorld News

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) providing details on the top malware strains of 2021. The top malware strains in 2021 included remote access Trojans (RATs), banking Trojans, information stealers, and ransomware.

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Ransomware Detection at Chip Level? Yes, Says Intel

SecureWorld News

This technique also helps verify that the operating system and its virtual environment are running directly on Intel hardware, as opposed to malware that is spoofing the hardware. Providing operating system visibility into the BIOS- and firmware-protection methods used at boot time.

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Nine things we learned from the Epic v. Apple trial

The Verge

We’ve known for a while that Apple isn’t going to make iMessage available outside of iOS devices, but this trial showed exactly how thoroughly Apple has considered expanding iMessage into other operating systems — and exactly why the company doesn’t want to. 8] Apple is still worried about malware downloads on the Mac.

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Endpoint device management: Protecting the enterprise front door

Cloud Musings

Mobility and cloud computing have combined to obliterate any so-called network security perimeter. We provide solutions that help our customers manage and secure anything from a laptop or a PC to their servers, mobile devices and smartphones. What is a security professional to do? I run marketing for Dell end-point device management.

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How much control should Apple have over your iPhone?

Vox

We love our mobile apps. And if you’re reading it on an iPhone, then you got that app through the App Store, the Apple-owned and -operated gateway for apps on its phones. Apple is facing growing scrutiny for the tight control it has over so much of the mobile-first, app-centric world it created. Apple makes the phones.

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Apple’s Fortnite ban, explained

Vox

Epic says that Apple’s requirement that all mobile apps come through its App Store (and the 30 percent commission Apple charges for app sales and in-app purchases) is a monopoly, and that Epic — as well as its fellow developers and their customers — should have alternatives. pic.twitter.com/Rz24WQOZwV — Peter Kafka (@pkafka) August 15, 2020.

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