Android mobile adware surges in second half of 2025

The report documents a sharp rise in Android threats across 2025—adware, PUPs, information stealers, banking Trojans (including Triada), and SMS/OTP‑stealing campaigns grew substantially between early and late 2025—highlighting a shift from noisy nuisance apps to coordinated, monetized fraud toolkits that chain droppers, spying modules, and banking payloads to enable on‑device fraud and account takeover; it recommends cautious app/install behaviors, strict permission hygiene, and up‑to‑date mobile security.