The mobile malware threat landscape in 2023
This report details statistics and key trends associated with mobile malware: Google Play Trojans, malicious messaging app mods, and others. Continue reading The mobile malware threat landscape in 2023
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IT threat evolution in Q3 2023. Mobile statistics
Mobile threat statistics for Q3 2023 include data on malware, adware, banking Trojans and ransomware for Android devices. Continue reading IT threat evolution in Q3 2023. Mobile statistics
IT threat evolution in Q2 2023. Mobile statistics
The smartphone malware statistics for Q2 2023 includes data for Android malware, adware, banking Trojans and ransomware. Continue reading IT threat evolution in Q2 2023. Mobile statistics
IT threat evolution Q1 2023. Mobile statistics
The smartphone threat statistics for Q1 2023 includes data for Android malware, adware, banking Trojans and ransomware. Continue reading IT threat evolution Q1 2023. Mobile statistics
Cookiethief: a cookie-stealing Trojan for Android
We recently discovered a new strain of Android malware. Trojan-Spy.AndroidOS.Cookiethief turned out to be quite simple. Its main task was to acquire root rights on the victim device, and transfer cookies used by the browser and Facebook app to the cybercriminals’ server. Continue reading Cookiethief: a cookie-stealing Trojan for Android
The banker that can steal anything
The use of root privileges is not typical for banking malware attacks, because money can be stolen in numerous other ways that don’t require exclusive rights. However, in early February 2016, Kaspersky Lab discovered Trojan-Banker.AndroidOS.Tordow.a, whose creators decided that root privileges would come in handy. Continue reading The banker that can steal anything
Everyone sees not what they want to see
In early March, Kaspersky Lab detected the modular Trojan Backdoor.AndroidOS.Triada which granted superuser privileges to downloaded Trojans (i.e. the payload), as well as the chance to get embedded into system processes. Soon after that we found one of the modules enabling a dangerous attack – spoofing URLs loaded in the browser. Continue reading Everyone sees not what they want to see