Security News > 2017 > April > Google Making Life Difficult for Ransomware to Thrive on Android (Threatpost)

2017-04-14 14:00
At the Kaspersky Lab Security Analyst Summit, Android Security Team malware analyst Elena Kovakina explained Google’s strategy for countering ransomware on Android.
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