Google is working on a new security facility for Android that prevents device owners from changing sensitive settings on the progress of phone calls.
In particular, in-call anti-scammer security involves preventing users from installing apps from unknown sources and ongoing settings to give accessibility access. Vikas was first reported by Android Authority.
The message is conveyed to the users trying to do this during the phone call: “Scammers often request such action during phone call conversations, so it is blocked for your safety,” if you do this action Are directed for. Know, this can be a scam. ,
In addition, it prevents users from giving app access for accessibility during a phone call.
This feature is currently live in Android 16 Beta 2, which was released earlier this week. With this latest addition, the idea is to present more friction for a strategy that is usually abused by malicious actors to give malware.
The dubbed telephone-oriented attack delivery (toad), these approaches include sending SMS messages to possible goals and directing them to call a number by motivating the false sense of urgency.
Last year, the NCC Group and the National Cyber Security Center (NCSC-Fi) of Finland revealed that cyber criminals were distributing dropper apps using a combination of SMS messages and phone calls, so that they were to establish malware like Vallar Can trick
After growth after development, after expanding restricted settings to cover more permission categories, more permission comes to cover the categories to prevent sensitive data.
This has rolled out the ability to automatically unsecure unprotected unprotected apps in markets such as Brazil, Hong Kong, India, Kenya, Nigeria, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Thailand and Vietnam.
