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Mac OS X: a security recap

This post isn’t about smearing the good, evolving system that is Apple’s Mac OS X. The goal was to bring perception and reality together: just like the other operating systems, Mac OS X has its fair share of bugs, and while the historically smaller Mac user base has resulted in less cyber criminal targeting, it doesn’t make Mac OS X impervious. Macs’ user base has been growing steadily over the last few years, and criminal interest is following the same pattern.

Android: financial attacks and current security status

With an increasing amount of people using mobile devices for work, security of the data stored therein has become a hot topic. And since people also use mobile devices to access their finances, that makes them a prime target for cybercriminals. Android is the most popular mobile OS in the world right now, and the most targeted. How are users attacked and what is the current security status of Android?

No Monkeys for CozyDuke

Yet another Duke APT is hitting high-profile targets, including the US government office. This time it’s CozyDuke (also known as CozyBear, CozyCar or “Office Monkeys”,  in honour of the video it employs as a decoy).

Things to build SMB security upon

The global workforce is increasingly going mobile: 37% currently, up to 50% by 2020. There are more actively used mobile devices in any more or less developed country than there are adult citizens, so clearly “mobility” is something related to us all.