New Android “ransomware” insists you must pay a $300 fine because you watched awful porn
The ransomware works by preventingusers from accessing their phones' home-screens and making itimpossible to browse menus and use apps as normally. BitDefendere-threat analyst Bogdan Botezatu explained that Koler.A opens abrowser view that stays on top of other apps. Users can press Homeand return to the home-screen, but a 5-second timer brings back thespam on top.
Luckily, this trashy piece of codeisn't being distributed via the Google Play Store, which saw itsshare of malware-related mishaps lately. The way it reaches yourAndroid device is by installing itself when browsing certain pornsites. These sites claim that the malware's download is actually anAPK for a video player used for premium access. We don't have a listof websites to serve, but as an Android user, you should be awarethat downloading APK's from sketchy websites is a sure way to getinfected.
via ARSTechnica
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