Kaspersky Who Calls

Kaspersky Who Calls is a Kaspersky Lab mobile solution designed to protect against telephone spam and fraud.

The program determines the incoming call, so that the user sees on the screen smartphone not just a set of numbers, but the name of the caller's organization, its type of activity or information about the reputation of the number. Based on this information, the user can decide whether to answer the call.

Kaspersky Who Calls application interface for Android and iOS

2023: The ability to identify WhatsApp numbers

The Kaspersky Who Calls solution has a functionality for determining numbers in. WhatsApp With its help, you can see from which organization a call is received (for example, a delivery service or a store), as well as identify and block numbers and messenger spam calls with suspected fraud. This option is available not only within the framework of a separate applications owner for smartphones and, Android but also iOS for business - in the format. SDK This was Kaspersky Lab announced on December 11, 2023.

Kaspersky Who Calls displays the name of the organization on the screen right during a call, its category - for example, banks, medical institutions, as well as reputation - "probably a useful call" or "there are complaints about spam." To identify potential fraudulent and spam numbers, a complex of various technologies is used, including several machine learning models that take into account user feedback.

Separately, it should be noted that additional features of Kaspersky Who Calls are available not only to individual users, but also to companies, for example, mobile operators, financial institutions, insurance companies. The solution can be integrated into your own application and thus offer your customers a built-in advanced number identifier and a higher level of security.

The need for such an update is due to changes in the landscape of telephone fraud. Earlier, Kaspersky Lab experts drew attention to the fact that attackers began to use instant messengers more often for calling. Unlike classic calls, such calls are more difficult to track and block centrally.

Phone fraud remains one of the main financial threats. According to Kaspersky Who Calls, in the third quarter of 2023, 29% of users received calls from unknown numbers with suspected fraud, and almost 96% received various unwanted spam calls. At the same time, attackers began to use messengers much more often for calling. The scenarios they come up with are becoming more targeted and sophisticated. Recently, our experts talked about a multi-stage scheme in which scammers wrote and called potential victims in instant messengers, posing as people from their professional environment. Therefore, it is important for users to remain vigilant regardless of where the calls come from, "said Dmitry Shvetsov, head of infrastructure at Kaspersky Who Calls.

2021: Who Calls Software Development Kit (SDK)

On December 2, 2021, Kaspersky Lab introduced a business product designed to counter telephone fraud and spam - Kaspersky Who Calls Software Development Kit (SDK). This solution allows companies to make their client applications safer for users and reduce the risk of financial losses from telephone fraud.

The Kaspersky Who Calls SDK is a set of libraries that allow companies to play the function of detecting unwanted incoming calls and calls with suspected fraud in their mobile applications based on Kaspersky Who Calls SDK data. The technology for identifying potentially fraudulent calls is based on the operation of machine learning algorithms. Users of applications in which this solution is implemented can assess the overall reputation of an incoming call without picking up the phone. And information security and fraud monitoring specialists will be able to receive additional information about suspicious calls to promptly respond and counter fraud.

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The surge in social engineering and telephone fraud is forcing companies, primarily banks and other financial institutions, to strengthen measures to protect all channels of communication with customers. According to the Kaspersky Who Calls application, in the first half of 2021, 70% of calls from unknown numbers are spam, which takes time and annoys users. At the same time, 6.2% of them are calls with suspected fraud, which is 17% more compared to the same period in 2020. In such conditions, concern for the safety and comfort of customers becomes an important advantage for banks. The implementation of the Kaspersky Who Calls SDK will help businesses reduce bank losses from social engineering, as well as increase the value of their application for end users and thus contribute to the growth of the client base, "said Stanislav Bragin, product manager at Kaspersky Lab.

The Kaspersky Who Calls SDK also integrates with the Fraud Prevention platform, which protects banks and their customers when conducting financial transactions on the network. Installing a single mobile sensor that simultaneously works both as an automatic number determination technology and as a provider of information about calls to the Kaspersky Fraud Prevention system will allow you to supplement the mechanism for determining social engineering scenarios with new data and significantly optimize the detection of this type of fraud. At the same time, banks can integrate the Kaspersky Who Calls SDK into any internal system of the fraud counteraction system.

2020: Kaspersky Who Calls is available for connection in the TransTeleCom personal account

On July 28, 2020, TransTeleCom (TTK), a Russian telecom operator, announced the replenishment of its portfolio of services for individuals. Now TransTeleCom subscribers can connect the Kaspersky Who Calls service through their personal account, which helps to protect against unwanted calls. Read more here.

2017: Issue

On July 25, 2017, Kaspersky Lab introduced the free Kaspersky Who Calls mobile application. The program helps smartphone owners understand who is calling them from unknown numbers, and also recognizes and blocks calls from scammers. The application is available to users of devices on Android platforms (version 4.0.3 and higher) and iOS (version 10.0 and higher).

Depending on the settings, Kaspersky Who Calls is able to inform the user about fraudulent numbers and unwanted calls or automatically block them, eliminating potential threats and intrusion into personal space.

In addition, Kaspersky Who Calls provides the ability to exchange number data, which helps to optimize protection. Thus, any application user can download unwanted numbers to the cloud if desired. Next, the system will update the database, and as a result, all Kaspersky Who Calls users will be informed about calls from new fraudulent numbers.

Our task is not just to provide a secure online environment for users. We strive to make their life in the world of gadgets comfortable and understandable. Kaspersky Who Calls gives users the additional ability to control what happens on their smartphones. Receiving the necessary information about the call from an unknown number, a person can make a balanced decision, saving his time and avoiding potential threats, - commented on the release of the program Sergey Dobrovolsky, head of the product department for home users of Kaspersky Lab

You can download the free Kaspersky Who Calls utility from Google Play and the App Store.