McAfee claims to have detected 16 million mobile malware infections in the third quarter of 2017, as it predicts a year of threats ahead.<\/p>\n
The security vendor\u2019s Mobile Threat Report for Q1 2018 was launched at Mobile World Congress today.<\/p>\n
It noted that it has now been a decade since the Apple App Store and Google Play were launched, with the latter under attack from day one.<\/p>\n
Although the ecosystem providers have done much to improve security over the years, especially Android, more needs to be done, according to McAfee.<\/p>\n
The Garbos malware campaign infected an estimated 17.5 million devices via 144 apps on Google Play before it was disrupted, it claimed.<\/p>\n
The 16 million figure for Q3 was double that of the same period a year previously, according to McAfee.<\/p>\n
The economics of cybercrime would seem to spell trouble for the years ahead.<\/p>\n
\u201cBy our estimation, in 2010 the highest-paid malware campaign could potentially earn revenue between $100,000\u2013$300,000,\u201d the report noted.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn the current threat landscape, a full-fledged campaign exploiting ad click fraud or pay-per-download scam (a market valued around $40bn in 2018) or a prevalent banking trojan could potentially bring in revenue of $1\u2013$2m. If mobile malware continues on its current trajectory, it could create revenues for malware authors touching in the billion-dollar range by 2020.\u201d<\/p>\n
The report also warned of a rise in mobile banking trojans, fake mobile wallets and network spoofing attacks. The latter could be made easier by exposure to the infamous KRACK WPA2 vulnerability.<\/p>\n
Some 41% of Android devices were initially thought to be exposed, even if they connected to a secure network, McAfee said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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