Top mobile threats and how to prevent them?

Man in the middle attacks

Communications (VPN, public, WIFI, …)
Phishing, smishing, vishing, scams, …

Attacks of the data exchange, account takeover, social engineering

Man in the device attacks

Man in the disk
Malwares

Attacks of the application / data stored or displayed

Phishing attacks

Phishing is a type of social engineering attack often used to steal user data, including login credentials and credit card numbers. Smishing is based on SMS, vishing on voice.

+45% Increase of phishing attacks on the financial sector in 2020

Malware: Advanced Jailbreaking and Rooting Techniques

Users who have Jailbroken or Rooted devices are exposing themselves to potentially harmful malware from a wide range of untrusted or unverified publishers.

75% of popular free apps have been hacked at some point, exposing the user’s data to malicious operators.

Brute force attacks

A brute force attack is the cyberattack equivalent of trying every key on your key ring, and eventually finding the right one.

+80% of breaches within Hacking involve Brute force or the Use of lost or stolen credentials

Malware: Keylogger attacks

Keyloggers record every keystroke a device user types into a mobile, laptop, or desktop computer. The server records user ids, passwords, account details, and SMS messages.

80% of all keyloggers are not detectable by antivirus software or firewalls

Protect your devices

Based on GARTNER’s Adaptative Security Architecture

Predict

Threat intelligence
Reputation / behavioral trends
Machine learning models and continuous improvement

Prevent

Data stored (safe, secure elements, whiteboxing, TEE)
Data displayed (secure Display)
Data entry (DVK)
Code Hardening (obfuscation)
Communication (secure Channel)
Resource encryption

React

Remote Policy to update local detection faster
Fraud simulation impact simulator
Fraud detection with device scoring based on IDS
Dynamic permission modification and adaptive authentication

Detect

Local Intrusion Detection System Monitoring for device eligibility and malware detection (anti-tampering, anti-hooking, anti-debugging, anti-emulator, root detection…)
Device fingerprinting / binding
Multi-factor authentication on the smartphone (MFA)

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