Mobile malware evolution 2018

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Contents

• Figures of the year
  
• Trends of the year
  
• Rise of the droppers
  
• Banking Trojans ride the wave
  
• Adware and potentially dangerous software
  
• Sharp rise in mobile miners
  
• Statistics
  
• Types of mobile malware
  
• Mobile banking Trojans
  
• Mobile ransomware Trojans
  
• Conclusion
  

The statistical data for this report came from all Kaspersky Lab mobile security solutions, not just Kaspersky Mobile Antivirus for Android. Consequently, the comparative data for 2017 may differ from the data for the same period published in the previous report. The analytical scope was expanded due to the growing popularity of various Kaspersky Lab products and their geographical reach, which made it possible to obtain statistically reliable data. On the whole, the more products we use in compiling the statistics, the more accurate the mobile threatscape that emerges.

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