Updated on 2022-10-14
Researchers from mobile security company ThreatFabric said they’ve seen telephone-oriented attack delivery (TOAD) tactics, where cybercriminals call and coach victims into installing Android banking malware on their devices. ThreatFabric said this particular campaign targeted users of Italian banks, and the final payload was the Copybara Android banking trojan.
Overview
New research revealed that malicious actors are resorting to Telephone-oriented attack delivery (TOAD), a social engineering tactic, to trick Android users into installing the Copybara malware. Read more: TOAD attacks: Vishing combined with Android banking malware now targeting Italian banks