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ByDavey Winder,
Senior Contributor.
Hot on the heels of reports of Sturnus spyware being used to effectively bypass encryption and read private messages sent by Signal, Telegram and WhatsApp to your smartphone, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency issued an urgent alert that “multiple cyber threat actors” are “actively leveraging commercial spyware to target users of mobile messaging applications.” Now CISA has released further urgent guidance that it says individuals at risk of being targeted should “immediately review and apply.” Here’s the step-by-step instructions to secure your smartphone, with guides for both iPhone and Android, from spyware attack according to America’s Cyber Defense Agency.
Cyber attacks come in a myriad of shapes and sizes. From the newly reported attacks against London councils, to those against users of Amazon, Netflix and PayPal, to the highly-targeted and constantly evolving spyware threats facing smartphone users. It is the latter that is of concern to CISA, and should be to you as well, especially if you fall into the high-risk category of individual. That is, dear reader, a broad remit: journalists, political activists, government employees, the military, and, well, the list goes on. Better to assume you could be a target, even if only in terms of collateral damage to get to a bigger fish, and secure your smartphones as best you can.
