All news with #accessibility tag

Behind the Firewall: Cyber Professionals with Disabilities

🔒 Surveys and first‑person accounts reveal persistent inclusion gaps for cyber professionals with disabilities and neurodivergence. UK research (Decrypting Diversity 2021) and Deloitte’s Disability Inclusion @ Work 2024 show many report barriers to progression and frequent denial of accommodations. Three practitioners — a security awareness leader, a former cyber risk analyst and a commercial sales manager — describe bias, resilience and concrete steps for leaders: ask rather than assume, build empathy, offer flexibility and provide structural supports.

Herodotus Android malware mimics human typing behavior

🛡️ Herodotus is a newly observed Android malware family offered as a MaaS that deliberately mimics human input timing to evade behavior-based detection. Threat Fabric says operators likely linked to Brokewell are distributing a dropper via smishing targeting Italian and Brazilian users. The installer requests Accessibility access and uses deceptive overlays to hide permission flows while a built-in "humanizer" inserts randomized 0.3–3s delays between keystrokes to imitate human typing. Users should avoid sideloading APKs, enable Play Protect, and promptly review or revoke Accessibility permissions for unfamiliar apps.