A massive analysis of hundreds of millions of devices has revealed that iOS is more likely to be the target of malicious attackers than Android. Even though Apple products benefit from the public perception of being more secure, that hasn’t stopped hackers from setting their sights on iOS.
THE report reveals that 19% of enterprise iOS devices fell victim to at least one phishing attack during the analyzed period, compared to 10.9% of enterprise Android devices. While most phishing attacks remain simple email attempts, the threat of phishing is increasing as more attackers opt for smarter methods to steal people’s data.
In my opinion, phishing attacks will also likely become more complex from now on. Access to even the most basic LLM (Great language model) AI will allow malicious agents to increase the rate of their attacks a hundredfold. Less tech-savvy people are also much more likely to fall victim to phishing attacks if an AI is there to respond immediately.
Modern hacking attempts are becoming more and more fascinating. For example the Vision Pro had a unique security flaw that looked like something straight out of science fiction. But don’t let the increasing rate of phishing attacks distract you from the fact that iPhone16 is one of the best phones you can get today.
