Cyberattacks: Smartphones increasingly a target
There are approximately 16 billion mobile devices in use worldwide. Smartphones and tablets have therefore become one of the preferred targets for cyberattacks. Constant availability and intensive use of mobile devices in everyday work offer criminals numerous attack surfaces that they can exploit. Attackers are increasingly using a "mobile first" strategy to access sensitive data and communication channels directly via these personal devices and thus cause potentially great damage. The current "2024 Global Mobile Threat Report" from security provider Zimperium illustrates this development and shows how drastically the threat situation in the area of mobile devices will change in the...
