Security Analyst – Jeff Soehner CISSP, GXPN,GPYC,GMOB,GCIH

In what looks even better that the Picard series, who doesn’t love Captain Pike?

https://mashable.com/article/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-who-is-christopher-pike/

If you are looking to improve your security in Azure, I have a tip for you. The guys from Managed Sentinel have done a great job articulating the how and the why of security so well, I would even say that you will get some return on your Azure investment by following what these guys do.

https://www.managedsentinel.com/2020/05/10/sentinel-incidents-kpi/

If you were like some of my customers, you probably had a GoDaddy account to manage certificates, websites and even email. It’s time to start using a password manager and use ‘throwaway’ passwords.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2020/05/05/godaddy-confirms-data-breach-what-19-million-customers-need-to-know/

Imagine running your web server for little or money and putting up with some ads (don’t look down, DON’T LOOK DOWN 🤓) only to find that one of the visitors to your site gets pwned because of an ad like one of these?

https://www.zdnet.com/article/hackers-have-breached-60-ad-servers-to-load-their-own-malicious-ads/

Ever wonder why someone would spend time creating software for your cellphone…for FREE? I mean most of us would install an app with ads enabled rather than pay for the software but these guys may have actually created software to steal your data. This post lists the group by name and you are advised to remove apps that have been created by any of this group.

https://latesthackingnews.com/2020/04/20/secret-network-of-27-app-developers-boasting-android-apps-with-over-69m-installs-unveiled/

In what seems like a comprehensive list of the OWASP Mobile top 10, this blog entry from AppSealing brings you a great article about what developers need to worry about to protect your mobile apps.

AppSealing is an app-wrapping approach to protecting your mobile application and is a great approach to solve many issues after you have developed your app. You can look at it as an emergency curbside tire inflation kit. Nice to have and not need than need and not have.

It might be better to find a cure instead of just treating the symptom. If you can, make use the risks identified in this blog to effect design changes to your app to avoid many of these vulnerabilities from occuring.

Review this post to become aware of the many issues that plague mobile developers.

https://www.appsealing.com/owasp-mobile-top-10-a-comprehensive-guide-for-mobile-developers-to-counter-risks/

You can now sideload unverified apps on iOS without Jailbreak or revokes. Anyone who thought that iOS was more secure than Android is going to learn the hard way. MDM rules are going to need to really clamp down on malicious apps.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/You-can-now-sideload-unverified-apps-on-iOS-without-Jailbreak-or-revokes.461039.0.html