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Microsoft Plans Defender for Android and iOS

         

engine

5:45 pm on Feb 20, 2020 (gmt 0)

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Microsoft is planning to offer Defender for Android and iOS.
I'm surprised there's not more attacks going on, but, that's only going to get worse.

People can end up allowing malware onto their Android devices by installing applications they find outside of Google Play, the official repository of apps for Android, Lefferts said.

What’s more, he said, mobile devices people can be subject to phishing, in which hackers provide inauthentic interfaces where people can enter usernames and passwords and inadvertently expose their credentials.


[cnbc.com...]

graeme_p

10:59 am on Feb 21, 2020 (gmt 0)

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My applications from outside Google Play (almost everything I have installed other than system apps) are from F-Droid which I think is probably a lot better vetted than Google Play. Its got far fewer apps, but they are useful, have fewer alternatives doing the same thing, and is open source only.

bill

1:29 am on Feb 24, 2020 (gmt 0)

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A high percentage of breaches I see these days in enterprise settings is coming through a mobile device. A lot of it is poor password management or lack of 2FA, but there are also attachments causing problems. A typical BYOD phone isn't going to have AV on it. I could see corporations requiring BYOD devices to use something like Defender. It's something Windows users might be familiar with from the desktop.