Security News > 2018 > May > Cryptomining apps are on the rise, malicious apps in app stores decline

RiskIQ analyzed 120 mobile app stores and more than two billion daily scanned resources. The findings showed that taking advantage of the popularity and volatility of the cryptocurrency landscape is paying off for threat actors via the mobile attack vector and that malicious apps leveraged by nation-state actors are becoming more prominent. In Q1 RiskIQ issued an alert, warning of blacklisted apps masquerading as, or associating themselves with Bitcoin exchanges, Bitcoin wallets, or just cryptocurrency … More → The post Cryptomining apps are on the rise, malicious apps in app stores decline appeared first on Help Net Security.

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