Security News > 2022 > February > Gaming, Banking Trojans Dominate Mobile Malware Scene

The overall number of attacks on mobile users is down, but they're getting slicker, both in terms of malware functionality and vectors, researchers say.

The company's mobile products and technologies detected 97,661 new mobile banking trojans, along with 3,464,756 malicious installation packages and 17,372 new mobile ransomware trojans.

Other old dogs learning new tricks include the Sova banker, which steals cookies, "Enabling attackers to access the user's current session and personal mobile banking account without knowing the login credentials."

In 2021 cybercriminals also went after mobile gaming credentials - which are often sold later on the darknet or used to steal in-game goods from users.

Last year for instance marked the first time that researchers spotted what they called a "Gamethief-type mobile trojan," aimed at stealing account credentials for the mobile version of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds.

At 42 percent, adware was yet again the biggest slice of the mobile malware pie, even though it fell 14.83 percentage points over the prior year.

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https://threatpost.com/gaming-banking-trojans-mobile-malware/178571/