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Financial Services Experienced 125 Percent Surge in Exposure to Mobile Phishing Attacks in 2020SAN FRANCISCO, May 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Lookout, Inc., an integrated endpoint-to-cloud security company, released a report showing that mobile phishing exposure doubled among financial services in 2020 despite a significant increase in mobile device management (MDM) deployment. The Lookout Financial Services Threat Report also uncovered a surge in exposure to malicious and risky applications among the industry's employees and customers. Between 2019 and 2020, Lookout data shows that financial services and insurance organizations experienced the following:
The Lookout report also highlights how cyberattackers are deliberately targeting phones, tablets and Chromebooks to increase their odds of finding a vulnerable entry point. A single successful phishing or mobile ransomware attack can give attackers access to proprietary market research, client financials, investment strategies and cash or other liquid assets. These attackscan take the form of mobile phishing, apps containing malware, exploits of app or device vulnerabilities, and using risky networks outside of the traditional office perimeter. "These findings demonstrate that regardless of whether a device is managed or unmanaged, attackers have equal success in deploying phishing campaigns," said Gert-Jan Schenk, Chief Revenue Officer, Lookout. "In addition, phishing can be particularly difficult to detect on a mobile device. We inherently trust these devices, which makes us vulnerable to social engineering attacks. Protecting modern endpoints requires a different approach – one that is built from the ground up for mobile and can continuously secure an organizations' data from endpoint to the cloud." The report's findings are sourced from the Lookout Security Graph, which contains behavioral analysis of telemetry data from nearly 200 million mobile devices, 140 million apps and analyzes more than four million new URLs every day. The data analyzed for this report are specific to financial services and insurance organizations. Download the Lookout Financial Services Threat Report here. Additional Resources
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