b'CYBER SECURITYMOBILE FIRST WARNING AS PHONE EMAIL, SMS, MESSAGING ATTACKS SURGEBy: Zak Doffman, Forbes ContributorY our phone is at risk aswebsites when opened on PCs but dangerous cybercriminals shift to awebsites when opened on mobiles, given its so mobile-first attack strategy,much harder to detect on a small screen, and the having discovered you are farincreasing use of Quishing attacks, where QR more likely to fall victim on yourcodes replace links given the inherent trust in phone than a larger device. AndQR codes. All of which mandates new levels of given the amount of time we spendwariness amongst iPhone and Android users.on our phones, an insidious new attack vectorZimperium says such threats are amplified bythe pairing of social engineering with mobilethe widespread use of employees own devices devices, is making the threat worse. within the companies they work for, logging into Todays new report from the research team atcorporate networks and accessing corporate Zimperium warns attacks on tens of millionssystems. This convergence has created an of phones are now moving beyond justenvironment where a successful mishing attack traditional banking and payment fraud, to morecan compromise both personal and enterprise treacherous mishing (mobile phishing) lures thatsecurity, potentially providing attackers with a include the downloading of malware capabledirect access to critical corporate infrastructure of hijacking OTP (one-time-passwords) andand data.verification codes, mimicking screen interfacesNico Chiaraviglio, Zimperiums Chief Scientist, and the ability to steal enterprise applicationwarns that mishing is not just an evolution of credentials. traditional mobile phishing tacticsit is an Behind this threat is a change of tactics, asentirely new category of attack engineered to devious new methodologies are developed,exploit the specific capabilities and vulnerabilities tested and then rolled out. This includesof mobile devices, such as cameras. Our malicious links in emails that direct to legitimateresearch shows that attackers are increasingly 16 www.mrca.orgMidwest Roofer'