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Android ransomware masquerades as Adult Player app, takes photo of victim (Help Net Security)

2015-09-08 09:37

A new mobile ransomware variant uses a clever new technique to push affected users to pay the asked-for ransom: it takes a photo of the user with the phone's front-facing camera, and inserts that phot...

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