Doctor Web’s Q4 2024 virus activity review

Doctor Web’s Q4 2024 review reports a slight overall drop in total detections but a large rise in unique threats, with adware and ad-displaying trojans predominating. The report highlights notable families (e.g., Trojan.Encoder.35534, Android.HiddenAds, Trojan.Fbng/Formbook), increased spyware activity in email traffic, ransomware encoder decryption requests, malicious scripts in package repositories, and widespread phishing/fraud websites targeting banking, crypto and account takeover (including Telegram). Distribution vectors include Google Play, removable media, and crafted web pages presenting fake services or surveys to harvest personal data.