India Continues to Be the Top Target for Mobile Attacks with 38% Increase in Threats

The Zscaler-based report details a sharp rise in mobile and IoT malware activity focused on India—accounting for 26% of global mobile malware traffic—highlighting hundreds of malicious Android apps (239 on Google Play, ~42M downloads), a 67% increase in Android malware transactions, prevalent backdoor/botnet families (e.g., IoT.Backdoor.Gen.LZ), targeted industries (retail, hospitality, manufacturing, energy), and persistence tactics (layered injection, C2), and recommends Zero Trust and mobile threat defense to mitigate the widespread, ongoing campaign.