The universal adoption of mobile devices in business environments has created new attack vectors that organizations struggle to address. A new report from CrowdStrike, the “
Mobile Threat Landscape Report: A Comprehensive Review of 2019 Mobile Malware Trends,” offers a deep-dive into some of the threats that plague mobile devices, and provides recommendations for how organizations can best secure their data and networks against mobile threats.
CrowdStrike’s Mobile Threat Report details how mitigating the risks has become even more urgent because of the rapid adoption of mobile devices worldwide. In some regions, such as Latin America, mobile devices have surpassed desktop computing as a source for both business and personal use, including email access, banking and authentication, making mobile security an even more pressing issue.
CrowdStrike’s report offers an overview of the key types of malware observed so far in 2019 and the deployment mechanisms adversaries typically use. It also identifies the adversary groups and unaffiliated criminal actors that target mobile devices and how their tactics — and the mobile threat landscape in general — are evolving. The report includes valuable recommendations that can help you better secure your organization against mobile threats.
Report Key Findings
Some key findings from this report include the following:
- A range of criminal and targeted adversary groups are increasing their attacks on mobile platforms.
- Banking continues to be a prime target, supported by an underground of developers operating mobile “malware-as-a-service” subscription models.
- Targeted adversary groups continue to develop mobile malware variants, and these development capabilities are proliferating to less-skilled groups.
- Mobile malware designed for the Android operating system is the most prevalent – driven by the ease of installing new applications from third-party sources.
- Mobile security maturity levels lag behind that of traditional platforms, leading to protracted attacker dwell times on compromised mobile devices.
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