iOS Devices at Greater Risk of Phishing Attacks: Lookout
Jaipur, January 2025.
Boston-based Lookout, a data-centric cloud security company, said in a new study that iOS devices are more exposed to phishing and web content threats than Android. The study covers the third quarter (July-August) of the calendar year (2024).
Researchers in the Lookout Threat Lab noted some particularly concerning findings including a 17% increase in enterprise-focused credential theft and phishing attempts since last quarter, a 32% increase in the number of malicious app detections, and an interesting trend where iOS devices are more exposed to phishing and web content threats.
According to Lookout, 19% of enterprise iOS devices were exposed to at least one mobile phishing attack in each of the first three quarters in 2024. In contrast, 10.9% of enterprise A...
