According to a report by security platform Zimperium, over a billion app downloads Google Play store may have been infected with malware. The most impressive thing is the number represents only 639 financial apps available in the app store android.
In the report, the researchers analyzed: 10 types of trojan viruses found in most banking applications. In the United States alone, around 121 apps are targeted by criminals spreading different malware – these apps have been downloaded more than 280 million times in total.
The security platform is the most active banking trojan found in 410 of 639 apps analyzed, kettle. while the virus ExobotCompact.D (October) Discovered about five years ago, it was the oldest analyzed malware.
Trojans in banking applications
“Not all trojans targeting mobile and banking apps are created the same – they spread differently, use different exploit techniques, and differ in varying degrees of scope and complexity,” said Nico Chiaraviglio, Zimperium’s vice president of security research.
In the analysis, the company also found that the banking app of BBVA bank in Spain was affected by six types of malware, currently counting more than 10 million downloads. The UK and Italy were heavily targeted by criminals, with 55 and 43 financial apps analyzed respectively.
The report shows that criminals are not interested in traditional applications and are focusing their efforts on applications with more modern solutions, such as some that offer cryptocurrency investment and digital payments.
Source: Tec Mundo
