Mobile Phishing Attacks On The Rise

Mobile-targeted phishing, or mishing, attacks involving more advanced social engineering tactics have significantly increased in prevalence last year, with one particular global attack campaign compromising over 600 organizations, reports SiliconAngle.

Intrusions not only entailed the mounting adoption of device-aware phishing approaches and fingerprinting techniques for greater stealthiness, but also the utilization of geolocation-based redirection to facilitate localized scams, according to a report from Zimperium ZLabs researchers.

Patrick Tiquet, vice president of security and architecture at Keeper Security, said such news should necessitate an overhaul of organizations' security strategies to adapt to the risks brought upon by hybrid and remote working arrangements.

"This includes mobile threat defense, phishing-resistant MFA, clear Bring Your Own Device policies, and a strong password management strategy to mitigate credential-based attacks," Tiquet added.