[Carlos Martes]

Three emerging vulnerabilities on both mobile and physical devices and their countermeasures are:

Mobile device vulnerability: Zero clicks exploits- Issues are that attackers can exploit messaging apps or system processes without user interaction. To prevent this, you can keep the OS or apps updated, disable unnecessary messaging services or use privacy focuses alternatives, and use mobile device management tools to enterprise settings to limit app permission.

Another is Physical device vulnerability: hardware backdoors in devices- Some smart homes or offices IOT devices may have some undocumented features or malicious chips ore installed during manufacturing which is quite common. To countermeasure this, you can purchase hardware only from trusted vetted vendors, do regular audit network traffic for unexpected behavior from IOT devices and or isolate Iot networks from critical business or personal data networks.

Last is Mobile and or physical device shared vulnerability: USB based attacks. Some issues with this are malicious charging stations or cables that can install malware or steal data. Countermeasures are to use USB data blockers, avoid public charging stations and use personal power banks and disable data transfer by default on mobile devices when connecting to known sources.