More than 70 Percent of Mobile Devices on the Five Major US Carriers Highly Susceptible to Breach
An analysis by Skycure of the patch updates among the five leading wireless carriers in the United States found that 71 percent of mobile devices still run on security patches more than two months old.
The company's Mobile Threat Intelligence Report also found that six percent of devices run patches that are six or more months old. Without the most updated patches, these devices are susceptible to myriad of attacks, including rapidly rising network attacks and new malware, also detailed in the report. In tech city centers, Boston topped a list of tech cities with the largest growth in network incidents with a more than 960 percent increase. The report also found that common malware grew by more than 500% from the first quarter to the fourth quarter of 2016.