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Mobile Social Engineering Escalates with Smishing, Vishing, and Quishing Trends

Written by Zimperium | Sep 09, 2025

A recent analysis highlights how social engineering has fully migrated to mobile, with smishing (SMS phishing), vishing (voice phishing), and quishing (QR code phishing) increasingly bypassing traditional security defenses. These mobile-native attack vectors exploit the trust and immediacy of mobile interactions, tricking users into phishing sites or malware installs. As threats become more convincing, sometimes amplified by AI, the need for mobile-first security approaches has never been clearer.

Read the full report here.