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It seems there are endless ways in which your mobile device can be attacked. With scary mental images of devious hackers chipping away at our mobile device’s security, it’s easy to forget that the most common way for a device to be compromised is through careless action by the end-user. One such action is to sideload risky applications to the device.

Securing remote connections, encrypting data transmissions and conditional access are only a few of the critical components that make your mobile fleet secure whether your users are connected from the corporate network, working remotely - or a hybrid environment.

Two-factor authentication has been shown to prevent unauthorized users from accessing protected sites, services and data. But newer forms of attacks are seeing bad actors emulate 2FA sites to effectively sidestep the prompts and users are aiding them in compromising data by unknowingly handing them their credentials.

Learn about how the iOS Suggested Contacts feature can serve as a vehicle for phishing attacks, and learn how to protect yourself.

It’s not hard to tell if your desktop computer is infected with malware – it might slow down, ads or notifications saying you’ve won a prize keep popping up, it crashes unexpectedly, the fan starts whirring noisily and unfamiliar icons show up on your desktop. But do you know how to check malware on Android phones?

At Jamf, we evaluate and investigate every aspect of mobile threats to better understand their makeup and how to best protect against them. That’s why we decided to complete an in-depth analysis of the top-level domains cybercriminals are using the execute their intricate phishing attacks.

Guide to app permissions, what they are, how they work and why end-users should be wary of which permissions they grant to certain applications.