All Articles

Senior Director, Asia Pacific Japan (APJ)

Understanding Monetary Authority of Singapore’s (MAS) Guidance: Safeguarding Your Financial Institution’s Cloud Environment

In response to the Financial Service industry's increased exposure to cloud technology, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has released a guideline to address cybersecurity risks associated with the adoption of public clouds. The MAS/TCRS/2021/03 advisory breaks down how Singaporean financial institutions should manage cyber risks and strengthen cyber resilience as they onboard software-as-a-service and and infrastructure-as-a-service solutions.

Don Tan

Behind the Buzzword: Four Ways to Assess Your Zero Trust Security Posture

While most of us understand Zero Trust conceptually, the path to Zero Trust is a complex and constantly evolving journey. In this blog, I will break down what is and what isn’t Zero Trust.

Pfizer IP Leak Isn’t Unique. Protect Your Cloud Data With Proactive Encryption.

We often associate breaches with corporate espionage and advanced threat groups, but this Pfizer IP leak exemplifies a rather mundane problem that has been amplified by cloud connectivity: data leakage.

How to Keep Your Data Secure in Light of Apache Log4j Vulnerabilities

In quick succession in December, The Apache Software Foundation released information on two critical vulnerabilities in its Log4j Java-based library.

Senior Security Intelligence Engineer

Lookout Finds New Anubis Campaign Targeting Hundreds of Financial Applications

Lookout researchers have discovered a novel distribution of the Anubis Android banking malware masquerading as the official account management application from leading French telecommunications company, Orange S.A.. Lookout is actively working with Orange to ensure its customers are protected.

Kristina Balaam

Vice President, SASE Products

Start Your Zero Trust Journey With the Gartner® SASE Roadmap

The 2021 Gartner Strategic Roadmap for SASE Convergence guides organizations through the SASE transition. I believe this report is a great tool for anyone looking for guidance about how to start their SASE journey. To get you started, here are some of my key takeaways.

Mahesh Rachakonda

General Manager, Personal Digital Safety & Carrier Partnerships

Predictions 2022: Five Threats That Will Impact Your Personal Data and Privacy

2022 will usher in greater risks to our digital security, privacy and finances, as we live more of our lives online. But, there is good news: Consumers can take action to protect themselves.

Firas Azmeh

Predictions 2022: Work-from-anywhere Marks the Beginning of the End of On-premises Security

I believe that in 2022 we will see the beginning of the end of on-premises security tools, as isolated, point solutions running in data centers. Just as you wouldn’t bring a sword to a gunfight, organizations need to transition to integrated cloud-delivered solutions to tackle emerging threats.

Sundaram Lakshmanan

CTO of SASE Products

Professional Services Engineer

Lookout Researchers Take Down Phishing Scams Targeting U.S. Military Families

Lookout Threat Lab researchers revisited a lead that a former colleague posted on Twitter last summer. In doing so, we dove headfirst into a long-running phishing campaign that, as of the publishing of this blog, is actively targeting families of United States military personnel as well as individuals interested in pursuing a romantic relationship with a soldier.

Justin Albrecht

Protect Yourself from Powerful Pegasus Spyware (Updated)

Even five years after Lookout and Citizen Lab discovered it, advanced mobile spyware Pegasus remains highly relevant as revelation of its widespread usage and evolving capabilities — such as the ability to deliver zero-click attacks — continue to surface.

Achieving Zero Trust? One Size Does Not Fit All

I recently invited Art Ashmann, Staff EUC Solutions Engineer at VMware to the Lookout Endpoint Enigma podcast to discuss the opportunities and...

Executive Vice President, Product and Strategy, SASE

Lookout CASB Named a Major Player in 2021 IDC MarketScape Cloud Security Gateways

I am excited to share a major milestone for our company: the Lookout Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) has been named a Major Player in the 2021...

Pravin Kothari

Our SASE Journey: Lookout Head of IT Talks Shop

To give you insight into how Lookout implements our SASE platform and how you can get started, we sat down with our director of IT systems...

Steve Banda

Lookout Data Shows Already Strained Energy Industry Faced With 161% Surge in Mobile Phishing

Like most other verticals, the energy industry is going through a major digital transformation. While this interconnectedness has streamlined...

Steve Banda

Staff Security Intelligence Engineer

Rooting Malware Makes a Comeback: Lookout Discovers Global Campaign

Security researchers at the Lookout Threat Labs have identified a new rooting malware distributed on Google Play and prominent third-party stores such as the Amazon Appstore and the Samsung Galaxy Store.

Paul Shunk

Finding Patterns in the Chaos With User and Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA)

Instead of relying on static security checks or staring continuously at the static, you can use automated security to look at user behaviors to...

Sundaram Lakshmanan

CTO of SASE Products

Lookout is Collaborating With the U.S. Government on a New Vision for Zero Trust

Lookout has a long history of collaborating with the public sector to secure agency employees. This is why I’m excited that we have been selected by...

Jim Dolce

CEO

Senior Director, Global Business Development and Alliances

Lookout Brings Mobile Cyber Threat Telemetry Dataset to Microsoft Azure Sentinel

I’m excited to announce that Lookout has extended its partnership with Microsoft to ensure our threat telemetry data is easily accessible via the...

Clayton Barnard

Zero Trust Requires Cloud Data Security with Integrated Continuous Endpoint Risk Assessment

By integrating our security and access platforms we are able to extend Lookout CCA and provide a modern approach to Zero Trust. WIth insights into...

Aaron Cockerill

Chief Strategy Officer

Mobile app SDKs: The Nesting Dolls of Hidden Risk

With the number of devices being used for work everyday — especially as more employees bring their own devices — it’s impossible for security and IT...

3 Ways to Secure SAP SuccessFactors and Stay Compliant

SuccessFactors makes it easy for employees to access what they need. But the wide range of sensitive employee data within SuccessFactors creates...

Steve Banda

Senior Director, Sales Engineering International

Go cloud or go home: the advantage of cloud-delivered cybersecurity

It seems as if everything is happening in the cloud now — whether I’m sharing a document with a colleague or backing up family photos. This is...

Tom Davison

Don’t Let Attackers Crumble Your Cookies: Electronic Arts Breach Lessons

Leading American video game company Electronic Arts (EA) recently disclosed a breach that resulted in the theft of hundreds of gigabytes of data....