Mobile banking trojans a major threat in Q2
The number of mobile banking trojans peaked at a historic high of 61,045 in Q2 2018, a three-fold increase compared with Q1. In descending order, the top three countries for mobile user attacks were the United States, Russia and Poland.
These are just a few of the findings from the Q2 IT threat evolution report from Kaspersky Labs, according to a press release.
Mobile banking Trojans are designed to steal money directly from mobile users’ bank accounts. They’re typically disguised as a legitimate app to invite download by unsuspecting smartphone owners.
Once the banking app is launched, the Trojan displays its own interface overlaying the banking app’s interface. When the user inputs credentials, the malware steals the information.
Additional findings from the Kaspersky Lab report:
- Kaspersky Lab solutions detected and repelled 962,947,023 malicious online attacks in 187 countries (up 20% from Q1).
- 351,913,075 unique URLs were recognized as malicious by web antivirus components (up more than 24%).
- 215,762 user computers experienced attempted infections by malware that aims to steal money via online access to bank accounts (up 5%).
- Kaspersky Lab mobile security products detected 1,744,244 malicious installation packages (nearly 32% growth).
– Source: atmmarketplace.com –