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One response to the widespread proliferation of phishing attacks has been widespread workforce education on the risks . That has often been successful but the new presence of mobile phishing seems to render it less effective .
The markers that people are often taught to look out for are less noticeable when it comes to mobile devices and smaller screens obscure the otherwise telltale markers that they have been taught to spot .
Attackers will always choose the path of least resistance . This basic idea goes a long way to explaining the rise of mobile phishing . While anti-phishing measures focus on the inbox , the mobile device has often not enjoyed the same protections .
The rise of mobile phishing has to be combated with protection directly on the mobile device . A Mobile Threat Defence ( MTD ) platform can help provide visibility into individual mobile devices and the activities upon them . From there , security teams can see what ’ s happening on mobile devices and shut down attacks as they occur . By integrating threat research into an MTD , defenders will be able to detect traffic from malicious domains , block it and ultimately prevent attackers from redirecting a victim to a targeted phishing site .
Phishers will always go where there is data to be stolen and money to be made . Increasingly , that means Mobile phishing . Anti-phishing strategies – especially in the financial sector – will now have to redirect efforts from an exclusive focus on corporate email to what is becoming the primary corporate endpoint : The mobile device . MTD solutions can help them act upon this new reality . � www . intelligentfin . tech
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