# Contractors Expand Mobile Spyware Defenses

iVerify’s 2026 data, reported by CyberScoop, indicates that spyware increasingly affects ordinary employees and consumers, not only executives. Credential theft and cryptocurrency theft by criminal groups account for most detections. For government contractors and procurement teams, this highlights a workforce-wide mobile-security risk; the report identifies no specific contract, solicitation, or procurement opportunity.

- Procurement and security teams should account for mobile-device protections and cyber-hygiene measures across the full workforce, including employees outside executive roles.
- Rocky Cole of iVerify noted that credentials belonging to system administrators and average employees can be as valuable to criminals as executive credentials, underscoring the potential exposure of operational accounts.
- Contractors can use this finding to inform internal security planning and discussions with customers about workforce mobile-device risk; the signal does not specify a mandate, deadline, or purchasing program.

**Jurisdictions:** international
**Industries:** Information Technology
**Topics:** Cybersecurity
**Published:** November 10, 2026

### Vendors
- iVerify ()

### Key Quotes
> For the purposes of stealing credentials and selling them on the black market, an executive credential is not necessarily more valuable than a system administrator or even an average employee.
> — Rocky Cole, co-founder of iVerify

### Sources
- [Spyware attacks trend toward hitting just about anyone | CyberScoop](https://cyberscoop.com/spyware-attacks-trend-everyday-people-iverify-report) - CyberScoop