2024 Mobile Security Index

Verizon's 2024 DBIR analyzes 30,458 incidents (10,626 breaches) from Nov 2022–Oct 2023, highlighting a sharp rise in vulnerability-driven breaches (MOVEit and other zero-days), persistent ransomware/extortion activity, credential abuse and social-engineering (BEC/pretexting), growing third‑party/supply‑chain impacts, and increased reporting of human error; the report catalogs actor types (organized crime, APTs), industry/regional trends, and defensive recommendations (CIS controls, patching, MFA, data protection).