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Android ransomware a huge threat in the UK
ITProPortal Ransomware was the biggest threat to Android users in the UK last year, a new report by security company Bitdefender says. Even though it's not as dangerous or prolific as its Windows counterpart, ransomware still played a major role in the overall … |
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UK Android users were whacked with ransomware during 2015
Inquirer Trojan.Slocker accounted for 22 percent of Android malware threats in the UK in the latter half of the year," the report said. "In total, Android ransomware accounted for 28 percent of reported Android malware in the UK for Q3 2015 and 19 per cent in … |
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The rise of Android ransomware
We Live Security (blog) Ransomware is a growing problem for users of mobile devices. Lock-screen types and file-encrypting “crypto-ransomware”, both of which have been causing major financial and data losses for many years, have made their way to the Android platform. |
Enlarge / If you’re a gamer (or anyone else), this is not a screen you want to see. (credit: Bromium Labs)
Mainstream websites, including those published by The New York Times, the BBC, MSN, and AOL, are falling victim to a new rash of malicious ads that attempt to surreptitiously install crypto ransomware and other malware on the computers of unsuspecting visitors, security firms warned.
The tainted ads may have exposed tens of thousands of people over the past 24 hours alone, according to a blog post published Monday by Trend Micro. The new campaign started last week when “Angler,” a toolkit that sells exploits for Adobe Flash, Microsoft Silverlight, and other widely used Internet software, started pushing laced banner ads through a compromised ad network.
According to a separate blog post from Trustwave’s SpiderLabs group, one JSON-based file being served in the ads has more than 12,000 lines of heavily obfuscated code. When researchers deciphered the code, they discovered it enumerated a long list of security products and tools it avoided in an attempt to remain undetected.
