> I don't think I personally know anyone who has ended up with malware on their phone
That's... kind of the point when distributing malware? Not only has the game changed as to what actually happens, but malware is only valuable as long as it's installed - meaning getting noticed is pretty well the worst-case scenario for the attacker.
The main point though is malware is no longer stealing credit card numbers. It's not 15 ad-laden toolbars in browsers, or pop-unders and overs, or in-your-face obvious. A subtle miner over half a million users is a decent chunk of shitcoin to mine, and efficiency doesn't matter when it's not your hardware, or your power.
That's... kind of the point when distributing malware? Not only has the game changed as to what actually happens, but malware is only valuable as long as it's installed - meaning getting noticed is pretty well the worst-case scenario for the attacker.
The main point though is malware is no longer stealing credit card numbers. It's not 15 ad-laden toolbars in browsers, or pop-unders and overs, or in-your-face obvious. A subtle miner over half a million users is a decent chunk of shitcoin to mine, and efficiency doesn't matter when it's not your hardware, or your power.