A recent report by NowSecure analyzed current mobile application security risks. The report found that 95% of organizations report AI capabilities in their mobile applications. Generative AI is the most widespread use case at 81%, followed by AI agents at 71%. Seventy-four percent report having a formal AI governance policy. Yet 37% have not implemented AI behavioral monitoring as a security control.
According to the report, 68% of surveyed organizations report that more than half of their mobile application code consists of third-party software development kits (SDKs) and libraries. As a result, many enterprises are deploying apps built mostly with third-party code that may not have been fully assessed before deployment.
Organizations whose apps contain more than 505 third-party code experienced security incidents at more than double the rate of organizations whose apps contain less than 50% third-party code. Yet 49% always assess SDKs for security or AI-related risks before release. Mobile security leaders increasingly identify SDKs and partner integrations as among the most difficult parts of the attack surface to manage.
https://www.securitymagazine.com/articles/102459-mobile-application-security-fails-to-match-levels-of-ai-use
