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New software nasty encrypts Android PHONE files and demands a ransom

  • 4 June 2014
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Jasper_The_Rasper
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AES-toting Simplocker torn apart by security bods

By John Leyden, 4 Jun 2014
 
Miscreants have brewed the first file-encrypting strain of ransomware that infects Android smartphones.
The malware, dubbed Android/Simplocker by ESET, scans the SD card in a handset for certain types of file, encrypts them, and demands a ransom to decrypt the data.
 The ransom message is written in Russian, with payment demanded in Ukrainian hryvnias. Victims are falsely accused of "viewing and distributing child pornography, zoophilia and other perversions", and that the device is locked-down as a result.
 
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Baldrick
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Well, it was only a matter of time before some of the miscreants turned their malign attentions in this direction.
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