Would you know if your phone was hacked? Even the most powerful people in the world (if you use wealth as a proxy for power) don’t. The problem is that much like your networks there are an almost unlimited number of ways for attackers to break into them, so this problem seems intractable at first blush. But (just like when they break into your networks) attackers who break into your phones are looking to achieve certain objectives, and you can use these objectives to reliably detect them. Today we released our new version of Canary, and with it, customers also get the shiny new WireGuard Canarytoken appearing on their consoles. What’s a WireGuard? WireGuard is the incredible VPN built by Jason Donenfeld. We love it. We use it. People smarter than us think you should too. What’s a WireGuard Canarytoken? Once a serious attacker gets onto your device, they have a certain set of objectives. Grab salacious data; Grab access to other services; Ensure repeat access or spread their compromise further. In general, Canarytokens are little tripwires that you can place on your devices or in your applications which reliably let you know when they are accessed. Canary customers are able … Continue reading Would you know if your phone was hacked?