As if you didn’t already know, a cell phone is not a good device to have on you and with any secure information. You can be hacked by just using it normally. Apple and Android have a long way to go to make these devices more secure.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/researchers-websites-infected-iphones-spyware-151931958.html?.tsrc=daily_mail&uh_test=1_04
NY Times gets a harsh reality. If you wanted to know why TOR browser is so popular and Brave Browser and a VPN is very important. You are being watched.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/23/opinion/data-internet-privacy-tracking.html
Apple Issues 3 Emergency Security Fixes To Block Hackers From Taking Over iPhones, Macs, Apple TVs
Looks like another day of Apple being in the hot seat. Patch now, fix it now. Don’t let yourself get caught. I know a lot of people have Apple products in their life.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeanbaptiste/2019/08/26/apple-issues-3-emergency-security-fixes-to-block-hackers-from-taking-over-iphones-macs-apple-tvs/#99d6b8a76da2
My default thought is that if you get physical access to it, you can hack it eventually. You really need to test with outside white hat hackers on your system to make sure you are doing everything you can to secure your stuff.
If you are using any supported version of the Windows operating system, stop everything and install the latest security updates from Microsoft immediately.
https://thehackernews.com/2019/08/windows-rdp-wormable-flaws.html
Often we overlook that handy tool as the most insecure device we have. Cell phones have been a target for every hacker for a very long time. Best advice I can give is stop using it, but I know that isn’t going to happen.
Next best advice is carry a dumb phone and turn it off most of the time. Again, probably not going to happen.
This well done article tells all about the Wireless Service and what is happening on that front. Enjoy.
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2019/08/who-owns-your-wireless-service-crooks-do/
AN UNPRECEDENTED WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED AFTER IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT 2 BILLION COMMONPLACE IOT DEVICES—INCLUDING PRINTERS, FIREWALLS AND MEDICAL EQUIPMENT—CARRY CRITICAL OPERATING SYSTEM VULNERABILITIES WHICH EXPOSE NETWORKS AND ORGANIZATIONS TO THE RISK OF CYBERATTACK.
Needless to say you should be checking on this ASAP. You probably have some of this in your IoT area.
AT&T employees took bribes to plant malware on the company’s network
If you don’t watch what they are doing, what are your employees doing? And if it is offshore or outsourced how can you know what the vendor is doing in a far away land?
https://www.zdnet.com/article/at-t-employees-took-bribes-to-plant-malware-on-the-companys-network/
I started hearing about PaloAlto devices replacing the CISCO firewalls last year. I’m hearing more and more about them in 2019. Apparently they are doing it right. Keep your eyes on these guys. I’m thinking they are going to be the ones to beat in Firewall protection.
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/guid/65F7FE4D-F04C-495D-BD24-5FCD5B3C5B11
AWS is getting a hard look by the FBI, and other companies are working on assessment. Remember the cloud is just somebody else’s computers. How well it is all secured is important.
Ask yourself is the price for that cloud service just too cheap? Often you get what you pay for as one comment says in the above article. You are getting cheap offshore H1B people who are making $20/hour. They may not take it as seriously as you think they should.
Constant reassessment of your security risk and updating security as things change is often your best defense. Apparently this is just the start, expect that we will keep seeing more come out, and other things get uncovered just because everyone is looking this direction. AWS will have people crawling all over it for a while, ask yourself if you should be looking at AZURE or Google as well, and the answer is obviously, YES.
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