Volume of detected mobile malware packages as of Q3 2023

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Ani Petrosyan,
Sep 13, 2024
During the third quarter of 2023, over 438 thousand mobile malware installation packages were detected, up by around 19 percent compared to the second quarter of 2023. The number of detected malicious packages on mobile devices has decreased since the first quarter of 2021.

Number of detected malicious installation packages on mobile devices worldwide from 4th quarter 2015 to 3rd quarter 2023

CharacteristicNumber of detected mobile malware packages
Q3 '23 438,962
Q2 '23 370,327
Q1 '23 307,529
Q4 '22 276,319
Q3 '22 438,035
Q2 '22 405,684
Q1 '22 516,617
Q4 '21 596,065
Q3 '21 676,190
Q2 '21 886,105
Q1 '21 1,451,660
Q4 '20 2,106,680
Q3 '20 1,121,318
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December 2023

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Based on Kaspersky Security Network (KSN); wider industry metrics may wary

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