Crisis Management Risk – Smartphone Shipped with Spyware

Jonathan Bernstein crisis management, cyber security, cybersecurity, data breach, Erik Bernstein, Jonathan Bernstein Leave a Comment

Data thieves find a new angle of attack The message that downloading suspicious apps can land with you a phone full of malware is finally gaining ground, but what if your phone comes straight from the factory with nasty software already installed? Well, if you ordered a Star N9500 Android …

Crisis Management for Scary Android Security Flaw

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Major threat to popular mobile operating system It doesn’t get much scarier than this. Bluebox Security claimed to have discovered a vulnerability in Android’s security model that could allow attackers to convert 99 percent of all applications into Trojan malware. Google has told ZDNet that the hole has been patched …