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Android Ransomware Locks Phone and Asks for Credit Card Number
BleepingComputer A new ransomware family is targeting Android devices, locking access to the screen, and constantly pestering the user to enter his payment card details. According to Fortinet researcher Kai Lu, the one who discovered this new threat, the ransomware … |
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App Lock locks your applications with a pass code to prevent intruders.
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Twitter said it had locked down and called for a password reset of some accounts after an unconfirmed claim of a leak of nearly 33 million usernames and passwords to the social network.
The company said the information was not obtained from a hack of its servers, and speculated that the information may have been gathered from other recent breaches, malware on victim machines that are stealing passwords for all sites, or a combination of both.
“In each of the recent password disclosures, we cross-checked the data with our records. As a result, a number of Twitter accounts were identified for extra protection. Accounts with direct password exposure were locked and require a password reset by the account owner,” Twitter’s Trust & Information Security Officer, Michael Coates said in a blog post on Friday.
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New Android ransomware locks out victims by changing lock screen PIN
Ars Technica From there, Lockerpin sets or resets the PIN that unlocks the screen lock, effectively requiring users to perform a factory reset to regain control over the device. By contrast, earlier forms of Android ransomware generally were thwarted, usually by … This nasty Android ransomware changes your phone's PIN code Android ransomware can reset device's security PIN code Aggressive Android ransomware spreading in the USA |