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Mobile Security Index 2023: Phishing is trending
Mobile Security Index 2023: Phishing is trending - Image by Inamulhaq Usmani on Pixabay

The new 2023 Verizon Mobile Security Index highlights the importance of an effective mobile threat defense strategy. Published annually, the index confirms that phishing attacks on mobile devices are the main gateway to corporate data. As more and more employees work from anywhere, mobile devices dominate as the device of choice for the modern workforce. However, because these devices have traditionally been neglected as part of an organization's overall security strategy, they have also become the most vulnerable target for external hackers. Social engineering targets employees. Through tactics such as social engineering...

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MSP: Mobile Security for Chromebooks, Android and iOS devices
MSP: Mobile Security for Chromebooks, Android and iOS devices

For MSPs, Malwarebytes launches Mobile Security for OneView. The new solution enables Managed Service Providers (MSPs) to protect Chromebooks, Android and iOS devices against the latest cyber threats such as ransomware and malicious apps. MSPs can now use the Malwarebytes OneView multi-tenant platform to manage their customers' mobile phones and tablets in addition to their servers, workstations and laptops. With real-time protection, MSPs can also prevent accidental access to malicious websites, block malicious apps and unwanted in-app ads, enabling a safer mobile experience for their customers. Mobile security breach: 45 percent…

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Mobile security with app anomaly detection
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Otherwise harmless apps can suddenly be compromised after the update, as can newly installed apps. Bitdefender has integrated a new app anomaly detection function into its Mobile Security for Android, which immediately reports malfunctions even from otherwise trustworthy apps. Bitdefender introduces a new App Anomaly Detection feature: the industry's first real-time, behavior-based protection layer against anomalous app behavior. It is now part of Bitdefender Mobile Security for Android and continuously detects anomalous and malicious behavior in Android applications as soon as they occur. Anomaly behavior is detected Bitdefender App offers Anomaly Detection as a novel feature in which Bitdefender Malware…

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Mobile Endpoint Security for MSSPs
Mobile Endpoint Security for MSSPs

A specialist in endpoint and cloud security, today announced the availability of Mobile Endpoint Security for Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs) in the Mobile Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) space. This solution enables MSSPs to offer a complete, turnkey program to identify risks, protect sensitive data, and secure their customers' mobile devices. With Lookout Mobile EDR, MSSPs can help organizations reduce the risk of data breaches from mobile phishing, ransomware, and device and app vulnerability exploits. New Normal As companies…

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Phishing attacks hit all-time high
Phishing attacks hit all-time high

More than 30 percent of businesses and consumers were exposed to mobile phishing attacks in each quarter of 2022. Heavily regulated industries such as banking and insurance were hit the hardest. Lookout has released its Global State of Mobile Phishing Report. According to the data, 2022 saw the highest percentage of mobile phishing attacks ever, with an average of more than 30 percent of businesses and consumers exposed to these attacks each quarter. Lookout also found that users across all devices, whether personal or work, received more mobile phishing links...

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Mobile Security Report: 2 new malware apps every minute 
Mobile Security Report: 2 new malware apps every minute

Android smartphone owners are at high cyber risk. Mobile Security: Although the attacks are fewer, they are much better executed. Two malicious apps per minute threatened Android users in the past year. There is no end in sight. When it comes to Android malware, cybercriminals are currently looking for quality over quantity. The current Mobile Security Report from G DATA CyberDefense shows that the downward trend of the first half of 2022 continued in the second half of the year. In the past year, attackers only published two to three apps with malware every minute. In the year…

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