Mobile Security | Slow and Steady Need to Combat Mobile Malware

Remember when mobilegeddon was all the rage throughout the net?  It was interesting on the surface, but unless you were a marketing professional, you probably just took those announcements in stride.  Why focus your efforts on understanding the details of the mobile presence for Google if you barely have to interact with it?  In a way, that sort of thinking does make sense (unless, of course, you have a business that has any sort of digital presence), but the whole mobilegeddon event threw into light a major aspect of technology that has been digging its heals into every instance of our lives: mobile security and access. 

Mobile security is on the rise; with a lot of new efforts being made to try and secure data files that get accessed and stored on mobile devices from secure data centers.  For the hacking game, this means there is an increasing focus on the security of mobile devices in general.

Authentication Best Practices - Brief History of Security

We talk a lot about the digital age of warfare here at HackerAttacker.  It’s kind of the most popular aspect of the digital age today.  Just take a look at history; war is always resting at or about the pinnacle of the public forum.  Why mess with a classic? When it comes to security and authentication best practices, however, there are more avenues to peruse than simply the digital side of warfare.  In that element, we are going to take a look at some older forms of deception and how they play a role in the social relationships inherent in digital security and authentication.

Defending against the Man in the Middle

I remember as a child trying to eavesdrop on conversations I would hear in school. They usually were centered around who kissed whom or who had a crush on someone. As an adult, like most others, I still listen in on other people’s conversations from time-to-time. Usually this happens when you’re standing in line somewhere, and it is hard to not listen in on the people next to you. After talking with a colleague over the weekend about man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks, I found some similarities to the more typical activity of eavesdropping on others conversations.

Top 5 Solutions to Stop Hackers

And when I say hackers, I want to be clear. I mean the security crackers that break into your account to steal your information, max out your credit card, and wreak havoc on your computer or device! This is not how you intended things to end when you chose that password that you could remember or ignored Gmail’s new second factor feature. But, now it is too late. Unless you have a Tardis, you are not changing the fact that your email or other personal accounts have been compromised.