For Android users. Watch out for dangerous fake calls from hackers' account
Cybersecurity experts have warned android phone owners of the dangerous Fake calls virus, a virus that targets your phone hacking and controls your phone calls significantly, and then can direct your phone calls to fraudsters who are taking over your bank accounts.
Fake calls targeting bank accounts
The virus, called "fake cells" or fake calls, is the most serious facing bank account insurance professionals, as the virus relies on intercepting calls made by the user with financial bodies such as banks, enabling him to know all the data and direct it to the fraudster who is on the other side of the call, according to a Sky News Arabia report.
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The British newspaper The Sun reported that the virus is hidden in a similar way to the official applications provided by financial institutions and banks, and after its installation, the user is directed to take any action on his bank account, such as checking the balance or paying any financial bills.
Fake calls capture bank accounts
Once the user enters using their account number and password, the virus seizes this sensitive data and directs it to steal all funds and balances from bank accounts, Kaspersky Daily, a website of Kaspersky, which specializes in virus protection, has recommended that all users download software from reliable sources such as the Google Play Store, and read and verify all the authorizations you grant to the program during downloading.
In fact, this dangerous virus uses innovative mechanisms to control the account of its victims, as it can appear to you in the form of your bank's support service, and can block real calls from the bank issued to warn the victim.
The British newspaper The Sun reported that the virus is hidden in a similar way to the official applications provided by financial institutions and banks, and after its installation, the user is directed to take any action on his bank account, such as checking the balance or paying any financial bills.
Fake calls capture bank accounts
Once the user enters using their account number and password, the virus seizes this sensitive data and directs it to steal all funds and balances from bank accounts, Kaspersky Daily, a website of Kaspersky, which specializes in virus protection, has recommended that all users download software from reliable sources such as the Google Play Store, and read and verify all the authorizations you grant to the program during downloading.
In fact, this dangerous virus uses innovative mechanisms to control the account of its victims, as it can appear to you in the form of your bank's support service, and can block real calls from the bank issued to warn the victim.