Mobile Banking Trojans targeting smartphones on the rise, even in Malaysia - Kaspersky

Mobile Banking Trojans targeting smartphones on the rise, even in Malaysia - Kaspersky

Kaspersky has revealed that hackers are heavily targeting the mobile banking apps on your smartphone, driving a surge in mobile banking Trojans with 162,275 new installation packages detected in Q1 2026 alone. That is more than double across all of 2024 and nearly two-thirds of all 2025 detections. Kaspersky's The Great Messaging Heist report shows a scam costs US$733 (~RM2,965), with 52% of these attacks taking just under 30 minutes.

Kaspersky has revealed that hackers are heavily targeting the mobile banking apps on your smartphone, driving a surge in mobile banking Trojans with 162,275 new installation packages detected in Q1 2026 alone. That is more than double across all of 2024 and nearly two-thirds of all 2025 detections. Kaspersky's The Great Messaging Heist report shows a scam costs US$733 (~RM2,965), with 52% of these attacks taking just under 30 minutes.

This article was originally published by Technavemy.

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