The most common threats the researchers discovered on the official Android app store include:
Joker (38.2%): Info-stealer and SMS message grabber that subscribes victims to premium services
Adware (35.9%): Apps that consume internet bandwidth and battery to load either intrusive foreground ads or invisible ads in the background, generating fraudulent ad impressions
Facestealer (14.7%): Facebook account credential stealers that overlay phishing forms on top of legitimate social media applications
Coper (3.7%): Info-stealer and SMS message interceptor that can also perform keylogging and overlay phishing pages
Loanly Installer (2.3%)
Harly (1.4%): Trojan apps that subscribe victims to premium services
Anatsa (0.9%): Anatsa (or Teabot) is a banking trojan that targets over 650 applications of banks worldwide
Shoot. Users don't worry about the security of their phone or tablet like they do with their laptop and desktops. Hopefully that will change.
Joker (38.2%): Info-stealer and SMS message grabber that subscribes victims to premium services
Adware (35.9%): Apps that consume internet bandwidth and battery to load either intrusive foreground ads or invisible ads in the background, generating fraudulent ad impressions
Facestealer (14.7%): Facebook account credential stealers that overlay phishing forms on top of legitimate social media applications
Coper (3.7%): Info-stealer and SMS message interceptor that can also perform keylogging and overlay phishing pages
Loanly Installer (2.3%)
Harly (1.4%): Trojan apps that subscribe victims to premium services
Anatsa (0.9%): Anatsa (or Teabot) is a banking trojan that targets over 650 applications of banks worldwide
Shoot. Users don't worry about the security of their phone or tablet like they do with their laptop and desktops. Hopefully that will change.
