All news with #endpoint security tag

📍 Geolocation data from smartphones, apps and IPs can be weaponized by threat actors to launch precise, geographically targeted attacks such as localized phishing and malware activation. These attacks can act as "floating zero days," remaining dormant until they reach a specific location, as seen with Stuxnet and modern campaigns like Astaroth. Organizations should adopt multilayered defenses — robust endpoint detection, decoys, location baselines and stronger multi-factor verification — to mitigate this evolving threat.

📊 Google commissioned a Forrester Total Economic Impact™ study to quantify the value of ChromeOS for enterprise deployments. The analysis modeled a composite organization (multinational, $5B revenue, 40,000 employees) and found a 208% ROI over three years, an NPV of $6.8M, and a payback period under six months. Key benefits included 90,000 saved productivity hours, $1.3M in device and licensing savings, $1.2M from strengthened security, and $1.1M in reduced IT support costs.

🛡️ In episode 431 of the Smashing Security podcast, Graham Cluley and guest Allan Liska examine a high-profile cloud-billing fraud in which a crypto influencer calling himself CP3O racked up millions in unpaid cloud costs through cryptomining schemes. They also highlight the growing threat of EDR‑killer tools that can silently disable endpoint protection to aid attackers. The show includes lighter segments on the Internet Archive’s Wayforward Machine and a visit to Mary Shelley’s grave, and carries a content warning for mature language and themes.

🔒 Browser extensions can provide useful features but also expose users and organizations to significant risk. Malicious or compromised add-ons may steal credentials, session cookies, and browsing data, inject ads or malware, redirect users, or run background tasks like cryptomining. Scrutinize developer credentials and permissions, prefer official web stores, keep browsers updated, and enable security software and MFA.