Hack Day: App attack

A concept image of iPhone apps

Jonathan Swift has turned hacker for the day and reveals how spyware can be one of the most powerful weapons in a cyber criminal’s arsenal.

Looking for spyware?

Where are you looking? On your main servers? On staff laptops? Even on their phones? Perhaps your Bring Your Device to Work screening hasn’t been as diligent as it might have been?

All good places to look but how about your apps?

I worked on your app Check My Drive, the one you designed for your customers, and thought it might be a clever idea to build in a piece of spyware just in case it took off.

Wow! The data I have now have on your customers is going to be very

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