A peek into Police Locker's distribution infrastructure

  • 28 July 2014
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Comment: Interesting read as to how this malware distributes its payload
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Author/ Zeljka Zorz HNS Managing Editor/ Posted on July 28 2014
 
An analysis of the distribution infrastructure for the bothersome Android "Police Locker" ransomware has revealed that the attackers behind it are not putting all of their eggs in one basket, and have been looking to target Internet users using a variety of devices and software.

Since the existence of Police Locker (or "Koler" as Kaspersky Lab dubs it) has been publicly revealed, researchers have been following the workings of a Traffic Distribution System (TDS) that leads users to it.


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The gateway of this distribution system is a network of automatically created pornographic sites (nearly 50 of them) that all look similar, are located on the same server, and don't provide original material

 
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