Citizen Conan (formerly Phishing Eyes Police) is Korea's only "joint voice phishing network service" designed to prevent voice phishing.
Developed at the request of frontline police officers, Citizen Conan is an instant voice phishing detection tool designed to detect malicious apps, remote control apps, pseudo-remote control apps, and smishing scams exploited in voice phishing. It immediately notifies partner financial institutions of any voice phishing attacks, preventing financial transactions before any funds are lost. Citizen Conan prides itself on being the safest voice phishing prevention app.
Citizen Conan detects apps used in voice phishing, including malicious apps, remote control apps, and smishing. Phishing Eyes includes most detection features related to the entire voice phishing fraud process, including "malicious apps," "remote control apps," "smishing," "calls with phishing criminals," "malicious IP/URL detection," and "KakaoTalk impersonation detection." These detection features vary depending on the version. Citizen Conan and Phishing Eyes work with financial institutions to prevent voice phishing by targeting the five major deceptive tactics of phishing criminals (malicious apps, remote control apps, text messages, KakaoTalk, and calls) and the five major extortion channels (apps, websites, ARS, ATMs, and counters).
Customers seeking comprehensive voice phishing prevention are recommended to install the Phishing Eyes app. Customers who have installed Phishing Eyes do not need to install the Citizen Conan app separately.
[Citizen Conan Key Features]
* Real-time detection of various voice phishing apps, including call interception apps, apps impersonating financial institutions, apps impersonating public institutions like the police and prosecutors' offices, medical apps, delivery/shopping apps, and body cam malware.
* Detection and deletion of undeleted malicious files (.apk/.zip) in addition to installed malicious apps.
* Integration with affiliated financial institutions. Upon detection of voice phishing malicious apps, the system collaborates with the user's consented partners to block financial transactions such as transfers and loans.
[App Access Permissions Information]
* In accordance with the Information and Communications Network Act, which took effect on March 23, 2017, for user protection regarding smartphone app access permissions, Citizen Conan only accesses the essential services, as detailed below.
1. Required Access Permissions
- Storage: Provides the ability to scan for and delete uninstalled malicious apps.
- Phone: Collects the device's mobile phone number to the Citizen Conan server (citizenkonan.com). This information is used to cooperate with financial institutions to prevent financial damage.
* Individual consent for access permissions is not possible for operating systems older than Android 6.0.
Therefore, we recommend updating your device's operating system to Android 6.0 or higher using the device's software update function.