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Mobile phishing encounters accelerated in 2022

Since 2021, mobile phishing attacks have increased 10% for enterprise devices and 20% for personal devices.

“Mobile as a threat surface will continue to grow, and hybrid work continues to grow in tandem, introducing huge numbers of unmanaged devices into the enterprise environment," Aaron Cockerill, chief strategy officer at Lookout, said in a release. (Credit: Igor Stevanovic/Adobe Stock) “Mobile as a threat surface will continue to grow, and hybrid work continues to grow in tandem, introducing huge numbers of unmanaged devices into the enterprise environment,” Aaron Cockerill, chief strategy officer at Lookout, said in a release. (Credit: Igor Stevanovic/Adobe Stock)

In 2022, mobile phishing encounters reached record-setting levels globally, according to Lookout Inc., which reported 30% of personal and enterprise device users were exposed to these threats each quarter during the past year.

Mobile phishing encounter rates have increased around 10% for enterprise devices and 20% for personal devices since 2021, according to Lookout, an endpoint-to-cloud security company. More than half of personal mobile devices were exposed to phishing attacks every quarter as well this past year.

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