Don't fear 1337 exploits. Sloppy mobile, phishing defenses a much bigger corp IT security threat

Don't fear 1337 exploits. Sloppy mobile, phishing defenses a much bigger corp IT security threat

6 years ago
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https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/07/05/mobile_enterprise_security_appseceu/

AppSec EU IT admins should focus on the fundamentals of network security, rather than worry about sophisticated state-sponsored zero-day attacks, mobile security expert Georgia Weidman told London's AppSec EU conference on Thursday.

Weidman, founder and CTO of mobile security testing firm Shevirah, cut her teeth in the industry six years ago mingling with the black hat crowd, where elite security researchers tried to outdo each other with exotic exploits, and looked down their noses at attacks based on phishing emails and links.