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Malware Activity How Attackers Are Weaponizing App Stores and Messaging AppsRecent investigations highlight a troubling trend in which attackers are abusing trusted platforms to quietly compromise both mobile and desktop devices at scale. On Android, a sophisticated malware known as NoVoice was distributed through the official Google Play Store, hidden inside legitimate‑looking apps that infected over 2.3 million devices before being removed. These apps worked as advertised and raised no immediate red flags yet exploited outdated Android security flaws to gain deep system access and embed themselves so thoroughly that even factory resets may not fully remove them. At the ...

Ankura’s Thomas Certo recently shared insights during a panel discussion at the Canadian Institute’s 18th Annual Conference on Navigating Risk in Construction Projects & Contracts, West, held in Calgary. The panel brought together legal and advisory professionals to discuss delays and damages, and to share practical strategies for managing claims and avoiding conflict.

Construction projects are inherently complex, multidisciplinary, and high‑risk. While contracts are designed to allocate responsibility and manage uncertainty, disputes often arise not from the contract language itself, but from how teams communicate across the project lifecycle.

Retailers are not short on labor effort — they are short on productive, customer-facing time. Over the last decade, store operations have absorbed growing complexity: tighter delivery windows, more frequent price changes, more frequent resets to keep up with product trends, omnichannel fulfillment, promotional churn, and exception-driven work that pulls associates off the floor at exactly the wrong moments.

Malware Activity How Social Engineering and Supply‑Chain Threats Are Targeting macOS and DevelopersRecent security research highlights a growing wave of attacks that rely on deception and trust, rather than traditional software vulnerabilities, to compromise macOS users and developers. One campaign, known as Infinity (or Infiniti) Stealer, uses fake Cloudflare‑style CAPTCHA pages to trick Mac users ...

Construction specifications translate design intent into enforceable requirements governing procurement, construction execution, quality control, and contract administration.

As we enter the 2026 fiscal planning peak, organizations need to shift their focus from simple license compliance to strategic cost recovery. With March and April marking the finalization of yearly budgets for many enterprises, Software Asset Management (SAM) has evolved into a critical financial lever for protecting margins and reclaiming wasted spend.

Malware Activity Ghost Campaign Abuses npm Install Process to Deliver Stealthy Crypto-Stealing Malware A newly identified supply chain attack campaign, dubbed the “Ghost campaign” by ReversingLabs, leverages malicious npm packages that mimic legitimate installation activity to covertly deploy malware targeting sensitive data and cryptocurrency wallets. First observed in early February 2026, the campaign uses deceptive ...

Trade policy remains a central tool of U.S. economic and geopolitical strategy, even as the legal and political landscape continues to shift. In this on‑demand executive briefing, Ankura’s senior trade and policy experts examine how the U.S. administration is recalibrating its approach following the Supreme Court’s decision regarding tariff authority under IEEPA, and what that means for companies navigating global operations, supply chains, and regulatory exposure.

For decades, the career path after college was clear. One began in an entry-level role, built experience, and ascended professionally. Those first positions taught what classrooms could not. They taught how to work in a professional environment, how to think, and how to lead.