Not just grandma. We need to move away from the idea that just a handful of digital illiterate seniors will get screwed.
Android has been the main target for malware for a while now.
Nokia’s Threat Intelligence Report in 2021[0] reported that Android makes up more than half of all the infected systems, in the recent 2023 report this had dipped to 49%[1]. But as they’ve done in prior reports, this year they again highlight that most Android malware is a trojanized version of legitimate apps distributed via alternative means:
> Android based devices are not inherently insecure. However, most smartphone malware is distributed as trojanized applications and since Android users can load application from just about anywhere, it’s much easier to trick them into installing applications that are infected with malware. Android users can protect themselves by only installing applications from secure app stores like Google Play and installing a mobile anti-virus product on their device.
0: https://pages.nokia.com/T006US-Threat-Intelligence-Report-20...
1: https://www.nokia.com/networks/security-portfolio/threat-int...