OREANDA-NEWS. IOS and Android smartphones are equally actively subjected to cyberattacks in 2021. According to a report by Orange Cyberdefense (part of the French telecommunications group Orange), experts have identified a wave of massive attempts to hack gadgets.

Ransomware has returned to the assortment of hackers. It is noted that more than a third (38%) of all confirmed attacks used malware. The activity of such malware increased during the holiday periods and in the middle of summer.

According to the document, mobile operating systems such as iOS and Android are becoming an increasingly popular target for exploits, programs that exploit vulnerabilities in the OS. Attackers can use such programs, among other things, to steal data or monitor users.

According to experts, part of this activity may be associated with the activities of security officials and special services from different countries of the world. Experts clarified that employees of departments can attract commercial companies to gain access to gadgets in the investigation of criminal cases.

Orange Cyberdefense predicts that the number of attacks on mobile devices will continue to grow. First of all, cybercriminals will try to get money through Internet banking applications.

Earlier, Group-IB revealed a scheme popular in Russia, according to which fraudsters were able to carry out thousands of thefts of money from Russian cards and deceive banks.