Threat Report H2 2024: Infostealer Shakeup, New Attack Vector For Mobile, And Nomani

ESET Research

Big shifts successful nan infostealer scene, caller onslaught vector against iOS and Android, and a monolithic surge successful finance scams connected societal media

28 Feb 2025  •  , 1 min. read

Sometimes, our telemetry information seems for illustration nan waters of a calm bay, pinch small, soft waves mildly rocking nan ships anchored location to sleep. Other times, however, beardown winds travel and alteration everything, bringing towering waves and scattering nan ships each complete nan place, transforming nan terrain of nan bay itself successful nan process.

ESET Threat Report H2 2024 felt a spot for illustration that. Leading malware families were taken down by rule enforcement; mobile devices saw nan commencement of a new, perchance very attractive, onslaught vector targeting some iOS and Android; location was yet different criminal “crypto golden rush”; and deepfake scams flooded societal media.

In nan first conception of this latest ESET Research Podcast episode, ESET Distinguished Researcher Aryeh Goretsky and Security Awareness Specialist Ondrej Kubovič talk nan notorious number 1 infostealer Agent Tesla being replaced by its aged competitor Formbook, nan takedown of Redline Stealer and Meta Stealer, and a caller societal engineering method fueling nan accelerated maturation of Lumma Stealer.

They besides return a person look astatine a caller onslaught vector that useful for some Android and iOS devices, 1 that is misusing technologies allowing mobile users to instal apps straight from websites from mobile browsers.

In nan last portion of nan H2 2024 episode, Aryeh and Ondrej besides spell complete nan booming numbers of finance scams connected societal media, detected arsenic HTML/Nomani, describing nan looks, societal engineering, and effect of this fraudulent activity.

If immoderate of nan topics caught your interest, perceive to nan latest section of nan ESET Research podcast. If you for illustration nan “print” version, download nan afloat H2 2024 study from nan Threat Reports section of WeLiveSecurity.com.

Discussed:

• Infostealer shakeup 2:10
• A caller onslaught vector for iOS and Android 16:35
• Nomani scams 27:00