Nearly 200,000 new mobile banking trojan installers have been tracked by security researchers.
This number is the highest in the last six years.
The figures show a trend that cyber-criminals are increasingly targeting mobile users to steal financial data by creating new malware.
- Researchers detected 1,661,743 malware or unwanted software installers overall in 2022.
- This figure represents 1,803,013 fewer malicious software installers than in 2021.
- Other new malware statistics mentioned in the report include:
- 1,661,743 malicious installers
- 196,476 new mobile banking Trojans
- 10,543 new mobile ransomware Trojans
- The three most targeted countries by malware attacks in 2022 were:
- China had the largest share of citizens that were hit by a malware attack, with 17.70%.
