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Hank Schless

Senior Manager, Security Solutions

After working for fintech and database technology companies, Hank has found a home in cybersecurity. Before Lookout, he was the 20th employee at a cloud infrastructure security startup and helped the company grow to over 160 employees. At Lookout, he is a Senior Manager on the Security Solutions team, enabling internal teams and informing the market about the growing need to secure mobile devices as part of the larger security strategy

Threat Intelligence

When Legit Apps Turn Malicious. (It Happens More Often Than You Think.)

A popular Android app Barcode Scanner was recently found to be infected with adware. After an update in late 2020, it started pushing advertising to users without warning. The QR code scanning app has been on the Google Play Store for years with over 10 million downloads and a high rating from users. So what happened?

Endpoint Security

Mobile Security Best Practices for Law Firms

At the end of the day, your legal staff is human and will therefore likely make mistakes. Proper training will go a long way to reduce the risk to which your firm is exposed, as will having the security in place.

Zero Trust

What SolarWinds Teaches Us About Zero Trust for Mobile Endpoints

On December 17, CISA released an alert about an advanced persistent threat (APT) that compromised a number of U.S. government agencies, U.S. technology and accounting companies, and at least one hospital and one university.

Endpoint Security

Pharma on the hook: cyberattackers phishing for your secret formulas

In our latest industry threat report, we found that 77 percent of mobile phishing attempts on pharmaceutical organizations through the third quarter of 2020 intended on delivering malware.

Endpoint Security

Work Is No Longer Tethered to the Office. Neither Should Security.

While work no longer revolves around an office space, security still does for many organizations. it’s time for us to fundamentally rethink how we secure our organizations.

Endpoint Security

FBI Cries Foul on Rise in “Vishing” Volume

If the coronavirus pandemic was a lemon, then vishing is a cyberattacker’s latest approach to making lemonade. On August 20, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued a warning about the rise in vishing attacks.

Endpoint Security

Phone Spear Phishing Ruffles Feathers at Twitter

This should be a wakeup call to organizations that they need to put mobile devices at the center of their overall security strategy. Your employees’ phones and tablets have as much access to your data as a laptop or desktop does because they need to stay productive.

Endpoint Security

Personal Privacy and the TikTok Brouhaha

The security conversation here is not just about TikTok. On a higher level, it’s about a user’s personal data privacy and what is collected from their personal device. Large employers such as Wells Fargo have banned TikTok from company-owned mobile devices, but that step alone won’t prevent tablets and smartphones used for work to be free of TikTok.

Endpoint Security

Global Mobile Phishing Encounters Surged by 37% Amid Shift To Work-From-Home

In the newly released Mobile Phishing Spotlight Report, Lookout revealed that enterprise mobile phishing encounter rates surged 37% between the last quarter of 2019 and the first quarter of 2020.

Threat Intelligence

checkm8 Vulnerability Highlights the Need for Mobile Threat Defense To Protect Organizations Against Device Vulnerabilities

On September 27th, an independent iOS security researcher using the Twitter handle axi0mX reported on checkm8. Described as “permanent unpatchable bootrom exploit” for any iOS device with an A5 chip (iPhone 4s/iPad 2) up to an A11 chip (iPhone X), this vulnerability could have serious security implications for anyone using devices with these chips.

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