The mobile malware threat landscape in 2022
Android threat report by Kaspersky for 2022: malware on Google Play and inside the Vidmate in-app store, mobile malware statistics. Continue reading The mobile malware threat landscape in 2022
Category Archives: SMS Trojan
IT threat evolution in Q2 2021. Mobile statistics
In Q2 2021, we prevented 14,465,672 mobile malware, adware and riskware attacks; 886,105 malicious installation packages were detected, of which 24,604 packages were mobile banking Trojans and 3,623 packages were mobile ransomware Trojans. Continue reading IT threat evolution in Q2 2021. Mobile statistics
IT threat evolution Q3 2020 Mobile statistics
In Q3 2020, Kaspersky mobile protective solutions blocked 16,440,264 attacks on mobile devices, an increase of 2.2 million on Q2 2020. Continue reading IT threat evolution Q3 2020 Mobile statistics
IT threat evolution Q2 2020. Mobile statistics
According to Kaspersky Security Network, during the second quarter 1,245,894 malicious installers were detected and a total of 14,204,345 attacks on mobile devices were blocked. Continue reading IT threat evolution Q2 2020. Mobile statistics
BasBanke: Trend-setting Brazilian banking Trojan
BasBanke is a banking Trojan built to steal financial data such as credentials and bank card numbers, but not limited to this functionality. The propagation of this threat began during the 2018 Brazilian elections, registering over 10,000 installations to April 2019 from the official Google Play Store alone. Continue reading BasBanke: Trend-setting Brazilian banking Trojan
Jack of all trades
Among this array of threats we found a rather interesting sample – Trojan.AndroidOS.Loapi. This Trojan boasts a complicated modular architecture that means it can conduct a variety of malicious activities: mine cryptocurrencies, annoy users with constant ads, launch DDoS attacks from the affected device and much more. Continue reading Jack of all trades
Mobile apps and stealing a connected car
The concept of a connected car, or a car equipped with Internet access, has been gaining popularity for the last several years. By using proprietary mobile apps, it is possible to get some useful features, but if a car thief were to gain access to the mobile device that belongs to a victim that has the app installed, then would car theft not become a mere trifle? Continue reading Mobile apps and stealing a connected car
Expensive free apps
Fraudulent apps trying to send Premium SMS messages or trying to call to high rate phone numbers are not something new. It is much more interesting to talk about how certain groups bypass detection mechanisms such as those used by Google Play, since this has become difficult to achieve in the past few years. Continue reading Expensive free apps
Gugi: from an SMS Trojan to a Mobile-Banking Trojan
In the previous article, we described the mechanisms used by Trojan-Banker.AndroidOS.Gugi.c to bypass a number of new Android 6 security features. In this article, we review the entire Gugi mobile-banking Trojan family in more detail. Continue reading Gugi: from an SMS Trojan to a Mobile-Banking Trojan
The evolution of Acecard
After analyzing all the known malware modifications in Acecard family, we established that they attack a large number of different applications. In particular, the targets include nine official social media apps. Two other apps are targeted by the Trojan for their credit card details. But most interestingly, the list includes nearly 50 financial apps and services. Continue reading The evolution of Acecard