Many mobile apps fail basic security — posing serious risks to enterprises

Estimates show the number of people who had personal data compromised increased by 312% from 2023 to 2024. 

Zimperium’s zLabs researchers examined 17,333 Android and iOS mobile apps obtained from the official app stores and being used by the firm’s own enterprise customers’ employees. This follows an estimated increase of 312% in the number of individuals who had personal data compromised in 2024: from 419 million in 2023 to 1.7 billion in 2024 (figures from the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC). 

With personal mobile phones increasingly being used within business environments, these numbers are likely to grow, and the consequent threat to business systems will increase.

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