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Despite the influx of mobile malware and security concerns about BYOD in the corporate world, attackers just aren't using mobile devices at this point, Verizon's data shows.
Verizon Wireless data shows around 100 smartphones infected per week with malware out of tens of millions of devices, for an infection rate of 0.68%.
"We just weren't seeing tablets or mobile phones as assets in remote attack scenarios," Spitler says. "We're still seeing workstations and laptops … as the target of crimeware or malware."
But that doesn't mean it won't ever happen, he says. "It is something that's going to increase," he says.
"We're not saying you should ignore this. We're saying we have a good opportunity to actually get ahead of things" with the mobile threat, he says.
Mobile security firm Zimperium, meanwhile, has disputed Verizon's findings, arguing that it sees targeted attacks against mobile devices occurring regularly, mainly via WiFi networks. Zuk Avraham, chairman and CTO of Zimperium, says cellular-borne attacks against mobile devices represent only about 18% of attacks.
Most of the attack attempts Zimperium sees appear to be targeted and espionage-related and targeted, Avraham says.
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