OREANDA-NEWS. According to a joint survey conducted by Kaspersky Lab and B2B International, over 30 percent of companies use mobile devices to access corporate bank accounts and conduct financial transactions. The survey also found that business representatives were increasingly making financial transactions with the help of mobile devices. In particular, 28 percent of small and medium companies and 34 percent of enterprises conducted financial transactions via mobile devices. In addition, financial departments (63 percent), managers (54 percent) and even employees (8 percent) freely make corporate financial transactions via mobile apps. This growing use of mobile devices for corporate banking could put company funds at risk, as mobile cyberthreats have become more widespread in recent years.

Hackers are increasingly targeting mobile platforms. In the third quarter of 2015, Kaspersky Lab products for mobile devices detected more than 300,000 new malicious programs. Of these threats, the highest growth rates were demonstrated by a Trojan-Banker designed to steal credentials to Internet banking and e-payment systems, as well as credit or debit card data. The share of this type of malware increased from 0.6 percent (630 programs) in the second quarter to 1.5 percent (2,500 programs) in the third quarter.

"The trend shows a continual increase in mobile banking usage by corporate banking clients. This trend is certain to continue as corporate and consumer banking clients alike migrate to the convenience of mobile banking. This creates an operational imperative for banks to very carefully consider the security and fraud prevention approaches they need to take in order to adequately ensure secure mobile banking applications, protect confidential customer data, and guard high-value corporate customer transactions. All users of mobile banking services, corporate and consumer, must also be vigilant about their own security and behavior while also questioning their bank about the measures taken to ensure their safety,” said Ross Hogan, Global Head of the Fraud Prevention Division at Kaspersky Lab.

Kaspersky Lab’s portfolio offers a wide-range of solutions to ensure reliable multi-layered protection of the corporate IT infrastructure, including Kaspersky Security for Mobile. For the banking sector, Kaspersky Lab offers Kaspersky Fraud Prevention SDK – a set of tools that can be used to create and configure safe mobile applications that meet information security requirements.