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![Promise of higher profits sees US targeted by Android PIN-locking ransomware (The Register)](/static/build/img/news/alt/Geopolitical-Cybersecurity-Predictions-small.jpg)
![PIN-changing, screen-locking Android ransomware (Help Net Security)](/static/build/img/news/alt/antivirus-stats-small.jpg)
A sophisticated new piece of ransomware targeting Android users and locking them out of their devices by changing the PIN has been discovered by ESET researchers. Masquerading as an app for viewing...
![Researchers find ransomware disguised as porn video player (SC Magazine)](/static/build/img/news/alt/data-statistics-small.jpg)
![Android ransomware masquerades as Adult Player app, takes photo of victim (Help Net Security)](/static/build/img/news/alt/Data-Cybersecurity-Predictions-2-small.jpg)
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...
![New Android Ransomware Communicates over XMPP (Threatpost)](/static/build/img/news/alt/data-statistics-small.jpg)
A new strain of Android ransomware disguised as a video player app uses an instant messaging protocol called XMPP to receive commands and communicate with the command and control server.
![New Android Ransomware Communicates over XMPP (Threatpost)](/static/build/img/news/alt/data-statistics-small.jpg)
A new strain of Android ransomware disguised as a video player app uses an instant messaging protocol called XMPP to receive commands and communicate with the command and control server.
![Clever Android ransomware infects tens of thousands of devices (Help Net Security)](/static/build/img/news/alt/cybercrime-statistics-small.jpg)
A new, improved variant of the Android Simplocker ransomware is lurking on third-party app stores. "We estimate that tens of thousands of devices have been infected. We have evidence that users hav...
![Android ransomware uses XMPP chat to call home, claims its from NSA (ArsTechnica)](/static/build/img/news/alt/ransomware-stats-small.jpg)
![IoT malware and ransomware attacks on the incline: Intel Security (ZDNet)](/static/build/img/news/alt/antivirus-stats-small.jpg)
![hidden tear offline - open source ransomware works without internet connection (Reddit)](/static/build/img/news/alt/web-stats-small.jpg)