Mobile threats

This report assesses how accurately we predicted the developments in the financial threats landscape in 2022 and ponder at what to expect in 2023.

In Q3 2022, a total of 5,623,670 mobile malware, adware, and riskware attacks were blocked, and 438,035 malicious installation packages were detected.

We polled our experts from the GReAT team and have gathered a small number of key insights about what APT actors are likely to focus on in 2023.

The malicious version of YoWhatsApp messenger, containing Triada trojan, was spreading through ads in the popular Snaptube app and the Vidmate app’s internal store.

In this report, we analyze malware, potentially unwanted applications and phishing cases related to most popular video games and cheats for these games.

In Q2 2022, we detected 405,684 mobile malware installation packages, of which 55,614 packages were related to mobile banking trojans, and 3,821 packages were mobile ransomware trojans.

ToddyCat APT and WinDealer man-on-the-side attack, Spring4Shell and other vulnerabilities, ransomware trends and our in-depth analysis of the TTPs of the eight most widespread ransomware families.

According to Kaspersky Security Network, in Q1 2022 516,617 mobile malware installation packages were detected, of which 53,947 packages were related to mobile banking trojans, and 1,942 packages were mobile ransomware trojans.

Kaspersky IT threat review in Q1 2022: activity of APTs such as MoonBounce, BlueNororff, Lazarus and Roaming Mantis, attacks against Ukraine, phishing kits, Okta hack and more.

Kaspersky analysis of mobile subscription Trojans Joker (Jocker), MobOk, Vesub and GriftHorse and their activity: technical description and statistics.

This report provides insight into 2021 financial threat trends and statistics, including data on banking malware for Windows and Android, banking, payment system and e-shop phishing, etc.

In 2021, cybercriminal activity gradually decreased, and attempts to exploit the pandemic topic became less common. However, mobile malware became more advanced, and attacks more complex.

We’ve observed some new activities by Roaming Mantis in 2021, and some changes in the Wroba malware that’s mainly used in this campaign. Furthermore, we discovered that France and Germany were added as primary targets of Roaming Mantis.

In Q3 2021, 9,599,519 malware, adware and riskware attacks on mobile devices were prevented.

We discovered that the Trojan Triada snook into one of modified versions of the WhatsApp messenger called FMWhatsapp 16.80.0 together with the advertising software development kit (SDK).