Mobile Malware · Course 1
Malware Basics
What mobile malware is, how it pays, and who it really targets.
- 1What Mobile Malware Is12 min · Learn the words analysts use, and how common phone malware really is.
- 2Malware Types13 min · Banking trojans, spyware, adware, lockers and droppers, sorted by what they do.
- 3How Attackers Make Money13 min · Follow the money: codes, phone bills, fake ad taps, data, crypto and spyware.
- 4Who Gets Targeted12 min · Mass campaigns, targeted attacks and regional focus, plus what protects most people.
- 5Challenge: Uncle Ray's Phone Bill15 min · Help a relative work out what his strange new app is really doing.
Hands-on
Do it on the simulated phone
Every lesson has a lab you can try in your browser, plus questions that earn points toward the Threat Spotter badge.
Start lesson 1