Rewards plus: Fake mobile banking rewards apps lure users to install info-stealing RAT on Android devices

A fake mobile banking rewards app delivered through a link in an SMS campaign has been making the rounds, targeting customers of Indian banking institutions. Users who install the mobile app are unknowingly installing an Android malware with remote access trojan (RAT) capabilities.
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Ransom from Home – How to close the cyber front door to remote working ransomware attacks

Coronavirus has caused a major shift to our working patterns. In many cases these will long outlast the pandemic. But working from home has its own risks. One is that you may invite ransomware attacks from a new breed of cyber-criminal who has previously confined his efforts to directly targeting the corporate network. Why? Because…
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Top Tips For Home Cybersecurity And Privacy In A Coronavirus-Impacted World

Welcome to the new normal. We’re all now living in a post-COVID-19 world characterized by uncertainty, mass home working and remote learning. The lines demarcating normal life have shifted abruptly – perhaps never to return. That’s not the worst that can happen, as we all know, but it does mean we all need to get…
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Top Tips For Home Cybersecurity And Privacy In A Coronavirus-Impacted World (part 2)

The past few months have seen radical changes to our work and home life under the Coronavirus threat, upending norms and confining millions of American families within just four walls. In this context, it’s not surprising that more of us are spending an increasing portion of our lives online. But this brings with it some…
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Microsoft continues to extend security for all with mobile protection for Android

Announcing the public preview of Microsoft Defender ATP for Android! In the rapidly evolving world of mobile threats, Microsoft is taking a holistic approach to tackling these challenges and to securing enterprises and their data with our new mobile threat defense capabilities.
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Protecting your organization against password spray attacks

If your users sign in with guessable passwords, you may be at risk of a password spray attack.
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COVID-19: How Do I Work from Home Securely?

The coronavirus pandemic—the infection officially designated as COVID-19—is causing upheaval across the globe. Aside from the serious economic and public health implications, one very practical impact of shelter-in-place dictums is to force many companies to support remote working where they can. The most recent data tells us that in 2017, eight million Americans worked from…
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Unifying security policy across all mobile form-factors with Wandera and Microsoft

The way we work is evolving. Technology enables more effective employees by helping them to be productive where and when they choose. Businesses also enjoy the productivity benefits of a connected workforce.
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