Fake call logs, real payments: How CallPhantom tricks Android users
LowWeLiveSecurity·
ESET researchers uncovered fraudulent apps on Google Play that claim to provide the call history “for any number” and had been downloaded more than seven million times before being taken down…
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At a glance
- Severity
- Lowfrom category and source signals; no CVSS referenced
- Exploitation
- No vulnerabilities referenced
- Vulnerabilities
- None referenced
- Vendors & products
- Google, Android
- Threat actors & malware
- Play
- Industries
- Not industry-specific
- Coverage
- 1 outlet· first seen 2026-05-07 08:51 UTC
- Priority
- 19/100Source tier, category, exploitation and corroboration. Not a risk score for your environment.
Coverage
One outlet has carried this so far.
2026-05-07 08:51 UTC
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