Fraud via rogue apps exploded by 300 percent in just a few months - CyberScoop

Fraud via rogue apps exploded by 300 percent in just a few months - CyberScoop: Digital scammers are stealing victims’ personal information in new ways, preferring rogue mobile applications and account takeover attacks after a generation of using phishing as their primary hacking technique. Fraud attacks from rogue mobile applications increased by more than 300 percent, up to 41,313 incidents in the first quarter of this year from 10,390 events in the fourth quarter of last year. The figure represents 50 percent of the attacks detected in a fraud report released Wednesday by RSA, with phishing attacks making up 29 percent, trojan horses at 12 percent and brand abuse at 9 percent. Phishing attacks increased by less than 1 percent from one quarter to the next. That jump in rogue apps coincides with an uptick in research from other security companies reporting malware that steals victims’ information by appearing as legitimate programs. VidMate, an Android app that allowed users to download videos from services like …

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