---
title: "Cryptomining apps are on the rise, malicious apps in app stores decline"
url: "https://thecybersecurityplace.com/cryptomining-apps-are-on-the-rise-malicious-apps-in-app-stores-decline/"
date: "2018-05-31T06:40:29+00:00"
section: "Mobile"
tags:
  - "Application Security"
  - "Bitcoin"
  - "Crypto Currency"
  - "Crypto Mining"
  - "Cyber Risk"
  - "Cyber security Survey"
  - "Malicious Attack"
  - "Mobile Application Security"
  - "Mobile Security"
  - "Mobile Threats"
  - "Software Security"
source: "helpnetsecurity.com"
source_url: "https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2018/05/30/riskiq-q1-mobile-threat-landscape-report/"
---

# Cryptomining apps are on the rise, malicious apps in app stores decline

May 31, 2018 · Reported by helpnetsecurity.com

![](https://thecybersecurityplace.com/portadas/2018/cryptomining-apps-are-on-the-rise-malicious-apps-in-app-stores-decline.jpg)

> RiskIQ analyzed 120 mobile app stores and more than two billion daily scanned resources. The findings showed that taking advantage of the popularity and volatility of the cryptocurrency landscape is paying off for threat actors via the mobile attack vector and that malicious apps leveraged by nation-state actors are becoming more prominent.

[Read the full article at helpnetsecurity.com](https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2018/05/30/riskiq-q1-mobile-threat-landscape-report/)

**Tags:** [Application Security](https://thecybersecurityplace.com/tag/application-security/) · [Bitcoin](https://thecybersecurityplace.com/tag/bitcoin/) · [Crypto Currency](https://thecybersecurityplace.com/tag/crypto-currency/) · [Crypto Mining](https://thecybersecurityplace.com/tag/crypto-mining/) · [Cyber Risk](https://thecybersecurityplace.com/tag/cyber-risk/) · [Cyber security Survey](https://thecybersecurityplace.com/tag/cyber-security-survey/) · [Malicious Attack](https://thecybersecurityplace.com/tag/malicious-attack/) · [Mobile Application Security](https://thecybersecurityplace.com/tag/mobile-application-security/) · [Mobile Security](https://thecybersecurityplace.com/tag/mobile-security/) · [Mobile Threats](https://thecybersecurityplace.com/tag/mobile-threats/) · [Software Security](https://thecybersecurityplace.com/tag/software-security/)