In 2018, global app spending hit $101 billion and is expected to surpass that this year. Mobile is a significant portion of the overall corporate attack surface where security teams often suffer from a lack of visibility.

For the second consecutive quarter, blacklisted apps increased with a 20% spike, accounting for over 2% of all apps in RiskIQ’s telemetry.

Q2 2019 key findings include:

• Despite the 20% increase in blacklisted apps in Q2, the number of blacklisted apps in the Google Play Store decreased by a dramatic 59%.
• The percentage of blacklisted apps relative to the total number of apps known also increased for the second-straight quarter, jumping from 1.95% to 2.1%.