More than 33 million smartphone attacks registered in 2024: Kaspersky

According to a recent report by the company, bank data theft attacks on mobile phones tripled in the last year. Kaspersky’s latest report, The Mobile Malware Threat Landscape in 2024, leaves alarming figures for smartphone users: over 33 million attacks worldwide were recorded in the past year. Cybercriminals have perfected their tactics, using malicious SMS links and messaging applications to distribute bank Trojans and steal financial credenti…

In 2024, threats targeting mobile devices have reached historical levels, Kaspersky reveals in his latest report published on the occasion of the Mobile World Congress 2025. Banking Trojan attacks have jumped by 196 per cent, from 420,000 attacks in 2023 to more than 1.24 million in 2024 on the [...] The post The number of mobile banking attacks is exploding, with an alarming rise in infokeepers in 2024 according to Kaspersky first appeared on T…