Hank Schless
Senior Manager, Security Solutions
After working for fintech and database technology companies, Hank has found a home in cybersecurity. Before Lookout, he was the 20th employee at a cloud infrastructure security startup and helped the company grow to over 160 employees. At Lookout, he is a Senior Manager on the Security Solutions team, enabling internal teams and informing the market about the growing need to secure mobile devices as part of the larger security strategy
August 25, 2021
Mobile app SDKs: The Nesting Dolls of Hidden Risk
With the number of devices being used for work everyday — especially as more employees bring their own devices — it’s impossible for security and IT...
July 20, 2021
Protect Yourself from Powerful Pegasus Spyware
First uncovered by Lookout and Citizen Lab in 2016, the highly advanced mobile spyware Pegasus was recently confirmed to have been used on business...
July 13, 2021
Don’t Let Attackers Crumble Your Cookies: Electronic Arts Breach Lessons
Leading American video game company Electronic Arts (EA) recently disclosed a breach that resulted in the theft of hundreds of gigabytes of data....
May 27, 2021
Code Blue: Healthcare Security in the Age of 5G and Remote Work
Why were hospitals so frequently breached by attacks? To answer that question, I turned to an old friend of Lookout — former CISO Mike Murray. Mike,...
May 17, 2021
3 actions to take based on the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack
Attackers launched a ransomware attack against the Colonial Pipeline that demonstrated how cybercrime groups exploit diminishing visibility, legacy...
May 6, 2021
Device management blind to 125 percent increase in financial sector phishing attacks
To better understand how the financial industry reacted to this digital shift, I took a deep dive into the tens of millions of device, app and...
April 27, 2021
FluBot: Malware as a Service Meets Mobile Phishing
This campaign is the latest example of how attacks are leveraging various mobile-targeting methods to maximize their return. FluBot is a cheap but...
April 22, 2021
Mission Possible: Kiersten Todt on Securing the Public Sector
I recently had the pleasure of having Kiersten Todt, Managing Director of the Cybersecurity Readiness Institute, on the Endpoint Enigma podcast.
April 15, 2021
The Zero Trust lesson behind mobile phishing against Australian officials
Australia recently confirmed that a series of mobile phishing attacks were successfully executed on senior officials. It illustrated why Zero Trust,...
March 24, 2021
When legit apps turn malicious. (It happens more often than you think.)
A popular Android app Barcode Scanner was recently found to be infected with adware. After an update in late 2020, it started pushing advertising to...
