The Rise of Surveillance Mobile Malware

With the increase in mobile and smart devices, we've expanded the threat landscape not only against threats to steal information, but for threats that have real physical risks. For instance, recent research by Google Project Zero and Volexity showed sophisticated attacks against both Android and iPhone devices that were targeted at Uighur Muslims and Tibet. Victims of this malware are targeted for persecution by the government of the People's Republics of China. This talk will cover not only these attacks in specific, but in how threats are emerging that use new technologies which are being used to create physical threats to its victims and what that means for enterprises, SMBs, and society at large. Takeaways: - Technical discussion on mobile surveillance techniques and malware. - Cover real-world instances where such cyber attacks have led to physical harms. - Discuss practical techniques to begin to mitigate such threats.