Anti-Phishing Working Group has analyzed emerging mobile security threats. Mobile threat research pinpoints key vulnerabilities, such as sophisticated malware baked into rogue mobile applications. “Malicious and fraudulent activity on the mobile platform is growing much more quickly than it did on the PC platform,” expert Dave Jevans says. Organizations have to be concerned about these risks and address them proactively, he says. Other mobile attacks focus on networks. “Those include poisoning or takeover of the DNS or the Wi-Fi hotspot,” expert says.”]
Source: https://www.careersinfosecurity.com/top-threats-to-mobile-devices-a-5928