# 2026 Application Security Threat Report

Since 2022, **the attack rate on enterprise applications has risen from 55% to 87%.**

And the clock starts the moment your app hits the store. Real-time telemetry data from billions of application instances recorded **first hostile contact within just one hour and fifty-six minutes of app store publication**.

The skills, tools, and costs that once limited sophisticated attacks have collapsed. A threat actor with a laptop and an LLM subscription can now reverse-engineer your app in an afternoon.

AI has created two simultaneous acceleration curves in enterprise software — one for building it, one for attacking it. Enterprises are investing heavily in the first, but the second has received far less attention than it deserves.

Inside the report:

- **The shrinking iOS gap:** In 2023, iOS apps faced half Android's attack rate. In 2026, the gap is under 3 points.
- **Connected-vehicle risk:** Connected-vehicle apps are now attacked at the same rate as banking apps; 91% each.
- **The global shift:** EMEA, LATAM, and APAC attack rates all surpassed North America's for the first time in 2026.
- **The medical device surge:** The largest single-year jump in attack rates of any vertical we track, from 78% to 86%.