An open-ended period of widespread remote work at all levels of government fueled an aggressive surge in mobile phishing attacks designed to steal public-sector employees’ credentials, according to research published Wednesday by the security firm Lookout.
Mobile phishing attempts exploded in 2020, as government workers from the federal level on down were sent home due to COVID-19 and became increasingly reliant on phones, tablets and other portable devices. While those devices have helped employees remain productive through the pandemic, they also boosted the number of active endpoints on government networks.
