By HNS Staff/ Posted on 29.07.2014
CYREN researchers predict that a large wave of Android ransomware has yet to hit. Two cases of first-ever Android ransomware appeared thus far this year, both delivered via drive-by download from a pornographic web page.
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One version of the ransomware attack takes over the device and displays a message stating the user had been watching child pornography and that it now demands payment of a fine to use the device again. The second version of Android ransomware is a bit more sophisticated, as it encrypts files on the device's SD card and blocks phone use by continually displaying a similar message and demanding a fee to decrypt the blocked files.
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Android ransomware attacks on the increase
+54Well we were warned about the increase in ransomware attacks and with the arrival of “ColdBrother,” (or “Sypeng,”), "ScareMeNot" and “ScarePackage,” it is clear to all that we have to be on our guard and if possible keep backups of important data.
By NICOLE PERLROTH August 22, 2014 Excerpt
"Now those same criminals are taking their scheme mobile, successfully infecting Android devices at disturbing rates. In just the last 30 days, roughly 900,000 people were infected with a form of ransomware called “ScarePackage,” according to Lookout, a San Francisco-based mobile security firm.
“This is, by far, the biggest U.S. targeted threat of ransomware we’ve seen,” said Jeremy Linden, a senior security product manager at Lookout. “In the past month, a single piece of malware has infected as many devices in the U.S., as a quarter of all families of malware in 2013.”"
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By NICOLE PERLROTH August 22, 2014 Excerpt
"Now those same criminals are taking their scheme mobile, successfully infecting Android devices at disturbing rates. In just the last 30 days, roughly 900,000 people were infected with a form of ransomware called “ScarePackage,” according to Lookout, a San Francisco-based mobile security firm.
“This is, by far, the biggest U.S. targeted threat of ransomware we’ve seen,” said Jeremy Linden, a senior security product manager at Lookout. “In the past month, a single piece of malware has infected as many devices in the U.S., as a quarter of all families of malware in 2013.”"
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