"Enterprise Mobile Phishing Attacks Skyrocket Amidst Pandemic"

Researchers discovered that the rate of mobile phishing rose sharply between the last quarter of 2019 and the first quarter of 2020.  The encounter rates for enterprise mobile phishing increased 37 percent between the last quarter of 2019 and the first quarter of 2020.  Threat actors have shifted their tactics to take advantage of many employees working from home and using mobile devices as part of their everyday productivity because of COVID-19.  Mobile phishing attacks are different from typical phishing campaigns.  For one thing, they don’t always come in the form of emails. The mobile platform gives attackers a wider playing field with which to work and deliver malicious links for installing malware.  Adversaries can use SMS, social media, messaging platforms, and dating apps to deliver malicious payloads.

Threatpost reports: "Enterprise Mobile Phishing Attacks Skyrocket Amidst Pandemic"