Cryptocurrencies are extremely popular nowadays, so this type of malicious program is available even for mobile platforms, such as Android. The goal of such applications is to mine cryptocurrency, using a victim's device computation capacity, for example, Monero. Occasionally, this type of malware can even put smartphone hardware at risk. For example, Loapi, a Trojan with cryptomining capabilities, worked victims' phones so hard that their batteries swelled up in less than 48 hours!

The following section walks you through identifying malicious applications on Android devices.