THE TOP 4 CYBER SECURITY THREATS TO ANDROID MOBILE DEVICES Check Point: The Top 4 Cyber Security Threats to Android Mobile Devices | White Paper 4. ZERO-DAY ATTACKS Zero-day attacks represent exploits of vulnerabilities that have been uncovered – but not yet released. Many times, these vulnerabilities lead to the silent installation of attacks, such as mRATs, on a device through a remote exploitation technique. Once on the device, they may enable the attacker to steal passwords, corporate data and emails, as well as capture all keyboard activity (key logging) and screen information (screen scraping). They may also activate the microphone to listen in on conversations and meetings, or act as a botnet to steal contacts or text messages (SMS texts). AV solutions, which rely on known attack patterns to detect attacks, are unable to provide protection for unknown attacks. Organizations need a solution that can identify any suspicious behavior from an app, a device or the network to find and mitigate the impact of zero-day mobile exploits. ABOUT CHECK POINT MOBILE SECURITY – COMPREHENSIVE PROTECTION AGAINST MOBILE THREATS TO ANDROID Check Point Mobile Security provides a mobile threat management platform that allows enterprises to easily manage and mitigate the risks of BYOD and protect their corporate assets from mobile cyber threats, such as malicious applications, targeted network attacks and advanced persistent threats (APTs). Check Point not only provides the most comprehensive solution for iOS and Android, but also delivers real-time mobile security and intelligence to an organization’s existing security and mobility infrastructures. Its patented technology detects device, application and in-network threats that others will miss and quantifies the risks and vulnerabilities that BYOD exposes to the enterprise. With Check Point, enterprises can balance the needs of mobile security and protection, without impacting the end user’s experience and privacy, to confidently embrace BYOD and other mobility initiatives to fuel their business. CONTACT US Worldwide Headquarters | 5 Ha’Solelim Street, Tel Aviv 67897, Israel | Tel: 972-3-753-4555 | Fax: 972-3-624-1100 | Email: [email protected] U.S. Headquarters | 959 Skyway Road, Suite 300, San Carlos, CA 94070 | Tel: 800-429-4391; 650-628-2000 | Fax: 650-654-4233 | www.checkpoint.com ©2015 Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. All rights reserved. Classification: [Protected] March 30, 2015 3 Please complete the form to gain access to this content Access Now Related Resources Network Boundaries Have Gone Mobile HOW MOBILE MALWARE COMPROMISES YOUR SECURE CONTAINERS AND ENTERPRISE CONTENT CHECK POINT SANDBLAST ZERO-DAY PROTECTION: THE BEST PROTECTION AT EVERY LEVEL THE TOP 6 CYBER SECURITY THREATS TO IOS DEVICES DEMYSTIFYING MOBILE SECURITY ATTACKS 3 STEPS TO IMPLEMENTING AN EFFECTIVE BYOD MOBILE SECURITY STRATEGY EXPOSING THE UNKNOWN: HOW SANDBOXING TECHNOLOGY FIGHTS MODERN THREATS THREAT RESEARCH: TARGETED ATTACKS ON Enterprise ENTERPRISE MOBILE
Check Point: The Top 4 Cyber Security Threats to Android Mobile Devices | White Paper 4. ZERO-DAY ATTACKS Zero-day attacks represent exploits of vulnerabilities that have been uncovered – but not yet released. Many times, these vulnerabilities lead to the silent installation of attacks, such as mRATs, on a device through a remote exploitation technique. Once on the device, they may enable the attacker to steal passwords, corporate data and emails, as well as capture all keyboard activity (key logging) and screen information (screen scraping). They may also activate the microphone to listen in on conversations and meetings, or act as a botnet to steal contacts or text messages (SMS texts). AV solutions, which rely on known attack patterns to detect attacks, are unable to provide protection for unknown attacks. Organizations need a solution that can identify any suspicious behavior from an app, a device or the network to find and mitigate the impact of zero-day mobile exploits. ABOUT CHECK POINT MOBILE SECURITY – COMPREHENSIVE PROTECTION AGAINST MOBILE THREATS TO ANDROID Check Point Mobile Security provides a mobile threat management platform that allows enterprises to easily manage and mitigate the risks of BYOD and protect their corporate assets from mobile cyber threats, such as malicious applications, targeted network attacks and advanced persistent threats (APTs). Check Point not only provides the most comprehensive solution for iOS and Android, but also delivers real-time mobile security and intelligence to an organization’s existing security and mobility infrastructures. Its patented technology detects device, application and in-network threats that others will miss and quantifies the risks and vulnerabilities that BYOD exposes to the enterprise. With Check Point, enterprises can balance the needs of mobile security and protection, without impacting the end user’s experience and privacy, to confidently embrace BYOD and other mobility initiatives to fuel their business. CONTACT US Worldwide Headquarters | 5 Ha’Solelim Street, Tel Aviv 67897, Israel | Tel: 972-3-753-4555 | Fax: 972-3-624-1100 | Email: [email protected] U.S. Headquarters | 959 Skyway Road, Suite 300, San Carlos, CA 94070 | Tel: 800-429-4391; 650-628-2000 | Fax: 650-654-4233 | www.checkpoint.com ©2015 Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. All rights reserved. Classification: [Protected] March 30, 2015 3
