Kaspersky Detects Record Rise in Mobile Banking Trojans
Malicious actors are concentrating their efforts on the money in people’s pockets. Kaspersky detected 162,275 new mobile banking Trojan installation packages in the first quarter of 2026 — more than twice the number recorded across the whole of 2024, and roughly two-thirds of the 2025 annual total in a single quarter. Banking Trojans accounted for 52.96% of all malicious mobile applications detected in the first quarter of 2026, up from roughly 31% across 2025 as a whole.
The findings, based on anonymized data from Kaspersky Security Network, reveal that attackers are intensifying efforts to exploit the growing dependence on mobile devices for shopping, entertainment, communications, and work.
Among the most significant trends observed in Q1 2026:
- Kaspersky blocked more than 2.67 million attacks involving malware, adware and unwanted mobile software.
- Kaspersky detected more than 306,000 malicious installation packages in total, reaching 306,070 samples. Kaspersky identified 439 packages associated with mobile...
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