There are plenty of security solutions in place that protect sensitive data in motion, and at rest in enterprise storage and the cloud, from firewalls to data loss prevention software. But the mobile endpoint is one of the biggest security weaknesses today. Hackers know this and are exploiting it every day — Verizon's "2020 Mobile Security Report" found that four in 10 companies were breached through a mobile device.
Mobile devices have been at the crux of some of the year's most notable and high-profile attacks. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos' alleged iPhone compromise incident became a key example of how mobile devices can be penetrated without sophisticated brute-force hacking or techniques.
Simple phishing is the most common way mobile devices are compromised, and this threat is on the rise thanks to the increase in mobile device adoption and the surge in remote work during the COVID-19 pandemic. Not surprisingly, there was a 37% increase worldwide in enterprise mobile phishing between fourth quarter of 2019 and the first quarter of 2020, according to Lookout. Malicious Wi-Fi hotspots and malicious applications are other common entry points to mobile device compromise.
What Happens if Mobile Device Security FailsA lapse in mobile endpoint security can present significant threats, particularly when it comes to enterprise environments.
Mobile ransomware payloads can result in some of these worst outcomes, as these are notoriously difficult to detect and remove from mobile devices. Once a successful malware payload is dropped through a c ..
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