These statistics are based on detection verdicts of Kaspersky products received from users who consented to provide statistical data.
Figures of the year
In 2019, Kaspersky mobile products and technologies detected:
3,503,952 malicious installation packages.
69,777 new mobile banking Trojans.
68,362 new mobile ransomware Trojans.
Trends of the year
In summing up 2019, two trends in particular stick out:
Attacks on users’ personal data became more frequent.
Detections of Trojans on the most popular application marketplaces became more frequent.
This report discusses each in more detail below, with examples and statistics.
Attacks on personal data: stalkerware
Over the past year, the number of attacks on the personal data of mobile device users increased by half: from 40,386 unique users in 2018 to 67,500 in 2019. This is not about classic spyware or Trojans, but so-called stalkerware.
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Number of unique users attacked by stalkerware in 2018–2019 (download)
Stalkerware can be divided into two major categories:
Trackers.
Full-fledged tracking apps.
The creators of trackers generally focus on two main features: tracking victims’ coordinates and intercepting text messages. Until recently, many such apps, mostly free, were available on the of ..
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