Security News > 2017 > July > Source Code For SLocker Android Ransomware That Mimics WannaCry Leaked Online (The Hackers News)

2017-07-24 05:33
Bad news for Android users — Source code of for one of the oldest mobile and popular Android ransomware families has been leaked online, making it available for cyber criminals who can use it to develop more customised and advanced variants of Android ransomware. Source code for the SLocker ransomware, which saw a six-fold increase in the number of new versions over the past six months, has
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