Report by Zimperium
2025 Global Mobile Threat Report
11 FINDINGSPublished Apr 28, 2025
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Vishing (voice-call phishing) tactics grew by 28%.
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There was a 50% increase year-over-year in the use of Trojans in attacks.
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70% of organizations support BYOD (Bring Your Own Device)
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50% of mobile devices are running on outdated operating systems.
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Over 60% of iOS apps lack basic code protection.
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Up to 34% of Android apps lack basic code protection.
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Over 25% of mobile devices cannot upgrade to the latest OS versions.
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Nearly 60% of iOS apps are vulnerable to PII data leakage.
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43% of Android apps are vulnerable to PII data leakage.
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Smishing has rapidly grown to comprise over two-thirds of mobile phishing attacks. Specifically, SMS/text based phishing (Smishing) is now 69.3% of all mishing attacks.
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