Report by ZScaler
Zscaler ThreatLabz 2025 Mobile, IoT, & OT Threat Report
Key Findings
The United States accounted for 54% of all IoT attack activity.
Adware accounted for 69% of mobile threat cases, overtaking the Joker malware family, which dropped to 23% of cases.
239 malicious applications were identified on the Google Play Store, collectively downloaded over 42 million times.
Manufacturing and Transportation sectors accounted for over 40% of total IoT malware attacks, with each sector representing 20.2% of all observed attacks.
There was a 67% year-over-year increase in Android malware transactions.
Roughly 40% of blocked IoT transactions are linked to the Mirai malware family.
India accounted for 26% of all mobile attack activity.
India experienced a 38% increase in mobile threat attacks compared to the previous year.
The energy sector experienced a 387% increase in attacks compared to the previous year.