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Mishing Is the New Phishing — And It’s More Dangerous

eSecurity Planet

Cybercriminals are shifting their focus from emails to text messages, using mishing a more deceptive form of phishing to target mobile users and infiltrate corporate networks, according to new security research by Zimperium. Zimperium found that mishing activity peaked in August 2024, with over 1,000 daily attacks recorded.

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SE Labs awards Cisco its AAA Rating in Universal ZTNA identity testing

Duo's Security Blog

Universal ZTNA combines multiple products to deliver zero trust authentication and protection against identity-based attacks: Cisco Duo Cisco Secure Access Cisco Identity Intelligence (CII) The solution achieved 100% detection and 100% protection against cyber threats, identifying and blocking every attempt to compromise security defenses.

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Microsoft's Majorana 1 and the Path to Scalable Quantum Computing

SecureWorld News

"In addition, working on proof of concepts helps identify potential security gaps before they can be exploited. Government and national security Defense & intelligence: Quantum computing could crack encryption, making existing security protocols obsolete. Again, I'm cautiously optimistic rather than all-in."

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Advanced Protection: Google’s Strongest Security for Mobile Devices

Google Security

Whether youre an at-risk individual such as a journalist, elected official, or public figure or you just prioritize security, Advanced Protection gives you the ability to activate Googles strongest security for mobile devices, providing greater peace of mind that youre protected against the most sophisticated threats.

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Google Play Protect prevented 1.9 billion malware installs from Third-party stores in 2019

Security Affairs

In May 2017, Google introduced a security defense system called Google Play Protect to protect the devices running its mobile OS. The security service also monitors the mobile apps that have been installed by users from third-party stores.

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NSA releases a guide to reduce location tracking risks

Security Affairs

Mobile devices store and share device geolocation data by design. Mobile devices determine location through any combination of Global Positioning System (GPS) and wireless signals (e.g., The guide also highlights that location data from a mobile device can be obtained even without provider cooperation.

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Defending Assets You Don’t Know About Against Cyberattacks

Threatpost

No security defense is perfect, and shadow IT means no company can inventory every single asset that it has. David “moose” Wolpoff, CTO at Randori, discusses strategies for core asset protection given this reality.