Discovered virus “hijacks” photos and videos on Android – Digital Look

The site We Live Security on the developer of the antivirus ESET, discovered last week the existence of a virus for Android that “hijacks” images and videos, preventing access by the owner of the unit, and then asks ransom equivalent to £ 49 for . releasing them

Encrypted files are mainly pictures and videos: jpeg, jpg, png, bmp, gif, pdf, doc, docx, txt, avi, mkv, 3gp and mp4. According to an analysis of the site uncovered the scam, Android / Simplocker – the name given to the threat – has in its source code a way to decrypt files, but there is no command for this.

The server is hosted in a domain TOR.Onion, protected by anonymity, which means that it is virtually impossible to trace it and identify their owners. Apparently, the virus is restricted to Russia and Ukraine, but it is important to reinforce the warning to doubt applications that are not listed in the Play Store, the official store of Android.

Last week, the iPhone has been the target a similar attack in Australia. But the ransom of the device was more expensive, over $ 100 – equivalent to R $ 230

Via:. We Live Security