Keenadu

In Q1 2026, mobile banking Trojans saw a significant surge, with Mamont variants driving a 50% increase in malicious installation packages. Additionally, a sophisticated new variant of the SparkCat crypto stealer was identified in official app stores, employing custom virtual machines and OCR techniques to compromise both Android and iOS users.

2026-05-136 minSophoshigh

Security researchers have identified the Keenadu backdoor embedded in the firmware of multiple low-cost Android devices. The malware compromises the core Zygote process via a trojanized shared object library, allowing it to download second-stage modules for ad fraud and potentially exposing corporate credentials on BYOD devices.