In this month's Gears release, we have made the onboarding process much easier for Android users, enabled cookie injection for Firefox browsers, and made other fixes and enhancements that will make Security Score information more clear. In light of recent Android breaches, we are also announcing our upcoming APK scanning feature!
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- Easier Onboarding for Android Users
- Firefox Cookie Injection Improved
- APK Scanning Coming Soon
- Other Fixes and Enhancements
Easier Onboarding for Android Users
Android device users now have access to one-click device registration for Gears Mobile. The Google Play download link on the Gears guest device download page is now customized for each account. When a new user installs Gears Mobile for Android using this link, they will automatically have their device registered the first time they open the app! This makes onboarding new users faster and easier than ever.
We're working on bringing the same feature to iOS soon, so stay tuned.
Firefox Cookie Injection Improved
The NAC for SaaS cookie API reliability is dramatically improved for Firefox users on Windows with our latest release. Previously, the configuration for cookie injection only required a host address. This created an incompatibility for some domains when querying the cookies from Firefox. To improve reliability, Gears customers that are setting up NAC for SaaS must now provide the base domain in addition to the host address. For example, if you enter a host address such as 'myvpn.example-company.com' then the base domain is 'example-company.com'.
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This setup only needs to be done once and shouldn't ever change. Feel free to let me know if you have any questions about it.
APK Scanning Coming Soon
According to Security Week, Palo Alto Networks reported that 18,000 Android applications have allowed a user's text messages to be stolen. What's worse, is that users have been tricked into confirming in-app purchases through pop-up messages, leaving the user unaware of their purchase until they receive their next phone bill. The Taomike SDK, which displays advertisements in mobile apps for in-app purchases (IAPs), has been held responsible for these leaks.
With the rise in infected Android applications, the need to protect mobile devices and user information has become more challenging. Which is why we wanted to announce that OPSWAT Gears will soon be able to scan all installed Android applications for malware with Metascan Online. Look for an update to Gears Mobile for Android with APK scanning in the coming weeks!
Other Fixes and Enhancements
- In the details view for Security Score, if Gears is unable to gather information, it is now listed as 'Not Available' where previously it said 'Not scanned' or 'Never'
- Customer specific enhancements and fixes
