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Threat actors behind an ongoing worldwide mobile banking fraud campaign were able to steal millions from multiple US and EU banks, needing just a few days for each attack. While emulators are not malicious tools, the group behind this campaign used them for malicious purposes emulating compromised devices or setting up what looked like new devices picked up by the compromised accounts' owners.
Microsoft has released a new version of Microsoft Authenticator that now acts as a password manager for Android and iOS. With this new feature, you can now autofill credentials into websites and apps that were saved via Authenticator or Microsoft Edge's built-in password manager to your Microsoft account. Once enabled on Microsoft Authenticator and you log in to an app or website, you will be prompted to autofill your saved password, as shown below.
Google on Wednesday confirmed it is banning location tracking software developed by data collection firm X-Mode Social from apps on Android-powered mobile devices, which dominate the global market. Vice News reported last November that X-Mode was collecting the location data of people using apps intended for Muslim audiences, particularly the dating platform Muslim Mingle.
Smartphones, tablets, collaboration apps and other modern framework tools are critical to maintaining productivity remotely, but they also demand an integrated security strategy purpose-built for mobile devices. At the same time, mobile phishing attacks against consumer and enterprise users spiked across all geographies and industries.
Apple confirmed Thursday it would press ahead with mobile software changes that limit tracking for targeted advertising - a move that has prompted complaints from Facebook and others. The iPhone maker said it was moving ahead with updates to its mobile operating system to give users more information and control on tracking by apps on Apple devices.
Mozilla now offers a VPN service that protects Windows and mobile devices, and soon your Linux and macOS desktops. Jack Wallen shows you how to use the new offering.
Microsoft has delivered a managed VPN for mobile devices - using a Linux container. Microsoft is currently previewing an alternative to the Windows VPN, Microsoft Tunnel, aimed at iOS, iPadOS, and Android Enterprise devices.
New research shows that 77 percent of pharmaceutical mobile phishing attempts in the third-quarter of 2020 sought to deliver malware on victims' systems. "On a global scale, there have been multiple reports of foreign adversaries targeting pharmaceutical industry executives with mobile spear phishing attacks," according to Hank Schless, senior manager of security solutions at Lookout wrote on Tuesday in an analysis of the trend.
That's because pretty much every mobile phone in the world can receive text messages, regardless of its age, feature set or ability to access the internet. The obvious solution in cases like this, where you want to check if there really is a problem with your mobile phone account balance - or your credit card statement, or, your latest home delivery, or your streaming video subscription, or whatever it might be.
Adobe on Tuesday informed customers that it has patched vulnerabilities in its Reader Mobile and Connect products, but none of them appears too serious. The company says the patches are already being rolled out to hosted services and they should become available for on-premises deployments later this week.