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BEWARE! Ransomware attacked some Android users
ESET - report that the Trojan called Simplelocker targets SD cards inserted into tablets and handsets. the program will encrypt certain types of files (.jpg .gif .mkv .mp4 .dox) saved onto SD cards and demand cash to decrypt them. the message is in Russian, and payment us requested in Ukrainian currency.
Porn alert
Slovakia-based Eset said affected device owners were presented with a message saying that their phone was locked because they had viewed and distributed child pornography , zoophilia and other perversions.
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| Simplelocker Alert |
The alert goes on to instruct the victims to pay 260 hryvnias ($22, £13) via the Ukrainian MoneXy cash transfer system. " After payment your device will be unlocked within 24 hours. In case of no PAYMENT YOU WILL LOSE ALL DATA ON your device!" it added.
They added that information about the infected device would also be uploaded to the server computer used by the cyber-thieves, potentially to help them ensure the right data was decrypted when a payment was received.
However experts are having hard time tracing them because servers are hosted on a hidden part of the internet called Tor.
Prevention
Security researcher Robert Lipovsky said that the implementation of this ransomeware is a work in-progress and doesn't come to close to "the infamous Cryptolocker" on Windows . Nevertheless, the malware is fully capable of encrypting the user's files, which may be lost if the encryption key is not retrieved.
Experts advised everyone to be careful on downloading apps (and watching porn too) from third party websites rather than by Google own store. .
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