Fake Calls Android Malware Attacking Android Users to Steal Banking Details

An Android Trojan dubbed “FakeCalls” was spotted by the Check Point Research team. This malware can pretend to be one of more than 20 financial applications and imitate phone conversations with the bank or financial service employees. This tactic is known as voice phishing.

The South Korean market was the target of the Swiss-army-knife-like capabilities of the FakeCalls malware, which may accomplish its main objective while also obtaining sensitive information from the victim’s device.

“We discovered more than 2500 samples of the FakeCalls malware that used a variety of combinations of mimicked financial organizations and implemented anti-analysis techniques,” Check Point Research team.

“The malware developers paid special attention to the protection of their malware, using several unique evasions that we had not previously seen in the wild.”

How Voice Phishing Works?

In the South Korean market, voice phishing assaults are not new. In 2020, voice phishing caused financial losses ...