Mobile threats

Mobile threat statistics for Q3 2023 include data on malware, adware, banking Trojans and ransomware for Android devices.

Attacks on a critical infrastructure target in South Africa, supply-chain attack on Linux machines, Telegram doppelganger used to target people in China.

Gaming-related threat landscape in 2023: desktop and mobile malware disguised as Minecraft, Roblox and other popular games, and the most widespread phishing schemes.

A WhatsApp mod with a built-in spy module has been spreading through Arabic and Azeri Telegram channels since August 2023.

In this report Kaspersky shares insights into the validation components used in Operation Triangulation, TriangleDB implant post-compromise activity, as well as details of some additional modules.

Spyware Telegram mod in Uighur and Chinese spreads through Google Play stealing messages and other user data.

The smartphone malware statistics for Q2 2023 includes data for Android malware, adware, banking Trojans and ransomware.

This is our latest summary of the significant events and findings, focusing on activities that we observed during Q2 2023.

The smartphone threat statistics for Q1 2023 includes data for Android malware, adware, banking Trojans and ransomware.

While monitoring the traffic of our own corporate Wi-Fi network, we noticed suspicious activity that originated from several iOS-based phones. We created offline backups of the devices, inspected them and discovered traces of compromise.

The new Trojan family, Fleckpe, spreads via Google Play inside photo editors and wallpapers, subscribing the unaware user to paid services.

Kaspersky research into dark web offers related to Android malware and its distribution via Google Play: hacked app developer accounts, malicious loaders, etc.

This report shines a spotlight on the financial cyberthreat landscape in 2022. We look at phishing threats commonly encountered by users and companies, as well as the dynamics of various Windows and Android-based financial malware.

In 2022, Kaspersky data shows that 29,312 unique individuals around the world were affected by stalkerware. We detected 182 different stalkerware apps, the most popular one was Reptilicus.

Android threat report by Kaspersky for 2022: malware on Google Play and inside the Vidmate in-app store, mobile malware statistics.