This is sure to get to those who have to have all the latest "Smart" devices.
FLocker ransomware for Android devices gets tweaked by attackers to make the leap from phones to smart TVs.
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By Liam Tung | June 14, 2016
Malware researchers at Trend Micro have discovered a new variant of ransomware that locks up Android smartphones and Android TVs.
FLocker, which is short for Frantic Locker, has posed a threat to Android smartphones since May 2015, but one version of several thousand variants has now gained the ability to infect smart TVs.
The malware will lock a device's screen and then displays a ransom message in the local language, purportedly from US Cyber Police or another law-enforcement agency.
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Ransomware now locks your smart TV - and then demands Apple iTunes gifts
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Very interesting...but I cannot say unexpected...it was only going to be a matter of time...as per usual. Have to say also that I am glad that I am old school and don't go in for all of this 'connected' or 'hubbed' rubbish that comes with Smart TVs these days...KISS...Keep it Stupidly Simple is the best way to defeat these sorts of threats. ;)
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+62I have to agree with you Baldrick..keep it simple. I am happy that I didn't get a Smart TV like I wanted to because my husband told me we didn't need internet on the TV too. LOLs:D
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Oh, we have the Internet on the TV but I just keep it disconnected...;)
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+54I agree totally Baldrick. There is no need for everything to be "connected" but people will buy into the idea that they need all the latest connected gadgets, it is all a marketing ploy and people should wise up to it.@ wrote:
Very interesting...but I cannot say unexpected...it was only going to be a matter of time...as per usual. Have to say also that I am glad that I am old school and don't go in for all of this 'connected' or 'hubbed' rubbish that comes with Smart TVs these days...KISS...Keep it Stupidly Simple is the best way to defeat these sorts of threats. ;)
+11I never really found the need for my TV to be connected to the Internet. If I wanted to watch Youtube or Netflix on a big screen I would just buy a bigger monitor. Soon I am sure everything to the toaster will be connected to the Internet, we already have kettles...
"You may create toast at the press of a button allowing you to return home to the taste of perfectly brown toast"
Silly but totally possible, it is the future.
Brad
"You may create toast at the press of a button allowing you to return home to the taste of perfectly brown toast"
Silly but totally possible, it is the future.
Brad
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Be careful...before you know it the miscreants will have hacked into your connected toaster and stolen your toast...;) :p
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