Imagine making a call to your bank after discovering fraudulent activity on one of your accounts, only for the person on the other end of the phone to be a hacker. Well, that is exactly what’s happening to victims of this updated Android banking trojan.
As reported by BleepingComputer, a new version of the FakeCall trojan is currently making the rounds online. First discovered by the cybersecurity firm Kaspersky back in 2022, this malware uses voice phishing (or vishing), overlay attacks and other tricks to convince victims they’re actually on a call with someone from their bank.
Late last year, CheckPoint released its own report warning that FakeCall had gained the ability to impersonate more than 20 different financial organizations. Since then though, its capabilities have grown even stronger and now, the malware is able to hijack both incoming and outgoing calls made from the best Android phones.
