Mobile malware evolution in 2024


These statistics are based on detection alerts from Kaspersky products, collected from users who consented to provide statistical data to Kaspersky Security Network. The statistics for previous years may differ from earlier publications due to a data and methodology revision implemented in 2024.

According to Kaspersky Security Network, in 2024:

  • A total of 33.3 million attacks involving malware, adware or unwanted mobile software were prevented.
  • Adware, the most common mobile threat, accounted for 35% of total detections.
  • A total of 1.1 million malicious and potentially unwanted installation packages were detected, almost 69,000 of which associated with mobile banking Trojans.

Read more…
Source: Kaspersky


Sign up for our Newsletter


Related:

  • CISA Adds Eight Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog  

    June 27, 2022

    CISA has added eight new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. These types of vulnerabilities are a frequent attack vector for malicious cyber actors and pose significant risk to the federal enterprise. Note: to view the newly added vulnerabilities in the catalog, click on the arrow in the “Date ...

  • Cyberattack forces Iran steel company to halt production

    June 27, 2022

    One of Iran’s major steel companies said Monday it was forced to halt production after being hit by a cyberattack, apparently marking one of the biggest such assaults on the country’s strategic industrial sector in recent memory. The Iranian government did not acknowledge the disruption or blame any specific group for the assault on the state-owned ...

  • Russian hackers claim responsibility for cyberattack on Lithuania

    June 27, 2022

    Russian hacker group Killnet has claimed responsibility for a denial-of-service (DDOS) cyberattack on Lithuania, saying it was in response to the decision by Vilnius to block the transit of some sanctioned goods to the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad. Lithuanian state and private institutions were hit by the denial-of-service cyberattack on Monday, the Baltic country’s National Cyber ...

  • Clever phishing method bypasses MFA using Microsoft WebView2 apps

    June 26, 2022

    A clever, new phishing technique uses Microsoft Edge WebView2 applications to steal victim’s authentication cookies, allowing threat actors to bypass multi-factor authentication when logging into stolen accounts. With the large number of data breaches, remote access trojan attacks, and phishing campaigns, stolen login credentials have become abundant. However, the increasing adoption of multi-factor authentication (MFA) has made ...

  • Automotive fabric supplier TB Kawashima announces cyberattack

    June 25, 2022

    TB Kawashima, part of the Japanese automotive component manufacturer Toyota Boshoku of the Toyota Group of companies, announced that one of its subsidiaries has been hit by a cyberattack. The company did not confirm but there is reason to suspect that it is dealing with an attack from the LockBit ransomware group. TB Kawashima is a manufacturer ...

  • We’re now truly in the era of ransomware as pure extortion without the encryption

    June 25, 2022

    US and European cops, prosecutors, and NGOs recently convened a two-day workshop in the Hague to discuss how to respond to the growing scourge of ransomware. “Only by working together with key law enforcement and prosecutorial partners in the EU can we effectively combat the threat that ransomware poses to our society,” said US assistant attorney ...