AI Threats on the Rise: Can Your Mobile Security Keep Up?
The Verizon 2025 Mobile Security Index reveals 85% of organizations face a spike in mobile device attacks. Despite AI threats, only 17% have specific defenses. While most are confident in recovery, those hit report costly downtime and data loss. Encouragingly, 89% have a dedicated mobile security budget.
Hot Take:
Verizon’s 2025 Mobile Security Index is out, and it looks like mobile devices are turning into the wild west of security threats. With AI-assisted attacks on the rise, it’s time for organizations to call in the cavalry—or at least, invest in some better security controls. After all, nothing screams “I’m ready for the future” like a bunch of deepfakes running amok on your network while your employees feed sensitive data to chatty AI tools. Yeehaw!
Key Points:
- 85% of organizations report a surge in mobile device attacks, irrespective of size, location, or industry.
- 76% believe AI-assisted threats like SMS phishing and deepfakes are likely to succeed.
- Only 17% of organizations have implemented specific security controls against AI-assisted attacks.
- 63% of those facing downtime find remediation challenging and costly, a rise from 47% last year.
- 89% have a mobile security budget, with 75% boosting spending in the past year.