Mobile Security
We've curated 43 cybersecurity statistics about Mobile Security to help you understand how threats like malware, phishing, and data breaches on smartphones are evolving in 2025. Discover the latest practices to safeguard your mobile devices effectively!
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72% of organizations are structurally incapable of auditing embedded AI Software Development Kits (SDKs) hidden inside everyday mobile applications.
52% of all generative AI usage occurs on mobile endpoints.
59% of mobile AI traffic is hidden from traditional network-discovery tools, routing directly between local apps and external clouds without ever crossing a corporate gateway.
Financial services applications faced a 91% attack rate in 2026, the highest recorded for any vertical.
87% of monitored client-facing mobile applications faced attacks in 2026, up from 55% in 2022.
Mobile application attack rates progressed in a five-step trajectory of 55% → 57% → 65% → 82.7% → 87% over the five-year period from 2022 to 2026.
Mobile application attack rates climbed 58% between 2022 and 2026, rising from 55% to 87%.
iOS applications faced an 86% attack rate in 2026, compared to an 89% attack rate for Android applications.
Automotive applications faced a 91% attack rate in 2026.
Android malware-driven financial transactions increase 67% year-over-year.
The United States had the highest concentration of targeted apps globally, with 162 banking applications under active targeting, up from 109 in 2023.
TsarBot, CopyBara, and Hook collectively targeted more than 60% of global banking and fintech apps.
50% of banking executives report a mobile-related breach in the past year.
Thirty-four active malware families targeted 1,243 financial apps across 90 countries.
QR code-based phishing attacks increased 28%, rising from 940,000 in 2024 to over 1.2 million in 2025.
96% of organizations using multi-layered protection report fewer mobile app security incidents.
79% of mobile app developers and security leaders cite time-to-market pressure as the top barrier to stronger mobile app protection.
72% of organizations experience at least one mobile app security incident in the past year.
65% of organizations report customer churn or app uninstalls as a direct result of security issues.
81% of developers say AI-generated code has introduced new vulnerabilities.