{"id":45870,"date":"2022-03-24T22:21:28","date_gmt":"2022-03-24T22:21:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.darkreading.com\/edge-threat-monitor\/downloaders-currently-the-most-prevalent-android-malware"},"modified":"2022-03-24T22:21:28","modified_gmt":"2022-03-24T22:21:28","slug":"downloaders-currently-the-most-prevalent-android-malware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/downloaders-currently-the-most-prevalent-android-malware\/","title":{"rendered":"Downloaders Currently the Most Prevalent Android Malware"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mobile malware \u2014 Android Trojans in particular \u2014 accounts for a small slice of overall malware activity, but it’s capable of doing more than just displaying adware. Some types of Android Trojans are capable of exfiltrating call data and GPS locations, for example.<\/p>\n

Downloaders and infostealers were the most prevalent types of Android Trojans in February, according to Bitdefender’s latest Threat Debrief<\/a>, which looks at ransomware activity, mobile malware, and spoofed domains its telemetry detected during that month. Bitdefender’s Threat Debrief looks at detections, not infections. Bitdefender makes this distinction because detections mean the malicious code hit Bitdefender’s telemetry. It does not mean the malware successfully infected a device.<\/p>\n

While Android apps bundled with malicious components are the most common type of Android malware, they are not the only types circulating. Bitdefender summarizes the top 10 Android Trojans detected in February in the Threat Debrief.<\/p>\n

Top 3 Android Malware<\/strong>
The top 3 Trojans accounted for nearly 91% of the detections for the month.<\/p>\n