"Mobile Malware and Phishing Surge in 2022"

According to security researchers at Zimperium, the volume of mobile malware, phishing sites dedicated to mobiles, and mobile vulnerabilities increased significantly in 2022.  The researchers found that the percentage of phishing sites targeting mobile devices increased from 75% to 80% year-on-year in 2022.  The researchers also found that the average user is between six and ten times more likely to fall for an SMS phishing attack than an email-based one.  The researchers detected an average of four malicious or phishing links clicked for every device protected with the company's anti-phishing technology.  The researchers noted that phishing is not the only threat facing BYOD and corporate devices.  The researchers detected a 51% increase in mobile malware variants between 2021 and 2022, reaching 920,000 unique samples.  From 2021 to 2022, the share of Android devices with malware detected rose from one in 50 to one in 20.  The researchers detected over 3000 unique spyware samples.  EMEA (35%) and North America (25%) had the highest percentage of devices impacted by spyware last year.  The researchers also found that mobile vulnerabilities are also surging.  There was a 138% increase in detected bugs on the Android ecosystem in 2022, while Apple's iOS accounted for 80% of zero-days actively exploited in the wild last year.  

Infosecurity reports: "Mobile Malware and Phishing Surge in 2022"