From Nokia to iPhone: What Pen Testers Learned - Bartosz Czernic-Goławski

Episode notes

Why your smartphone knows more about you than you think it does In this episode, I talk with Bartosz Czernic-Goławski, a penetration testing and cybersecurity expert, about how mobile security has evolved from Nokia's indestructible brick phones to today's pocket-sized computers. We trace the journey from analog networks that anyone could eavesdrop on to modern smartphones that demand excessive permissions and collect sensor data every second. Bartosz reveals how attackers use overlay attacks to steal banking credentials, why iOS users aren't as secure as they think, and what phone freaks in the 1980s can teach us about today's vulnerabilities. "Attackers know what apps we are working with, we are using, and they take advantage of it." - Bartosz Czernic-Goławski Bartosz Czernic-Goławski is a non-functional tester with six years of professional experience, currently working at Pentacomp as a security auditor and penetration tester. He holds an Engineering degree in Telecommunications and a Master’s degree in Applied Computer Science with a specialization in Cybersecurity - both earned at the Warsaw University of Technology.

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