Android Ransomware

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  • October 13, 2017 at 9:36 pm #12673
    The DukeThe Duke
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      I don’t know the details, wether it only effects older devises etc… But it’s another reason to not sideload Flash onto your phone.

      https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.theregister.co.uk/AMP/2017/10/13/doublelocker_android_ransomware/#ampshare=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/10/13/doublelocker_android_ransomware/

      October 13, 2017 at 9:59 pm #12676
      D-DanD-Dan
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        I’m paranoid, so am careful of what I install. However this isn;t the end of the world these days. A couple of weeks ago I got an update pushed to me by my provider, which softbricked my phone. After the expected faffing about I got it all back up and running, in factory condition (it even trashed my data on the SD card).

        However, Google had my data backed up, and after a couple of hours, there it was awaiting local recovery or abandoning. Stuff I wanted, I recovered, and stuff I don’t need I didn’t bother.

        So encrypting locally these days seems to be a lost cause.

        Arch Linux, on a Ryzen 7 1800X, 32 GB, 5 (yes -5) HDs inc 5 SSDs, 4 RPi 3Bs + 1 RPi 4B - one as an NFS server with two more drives, PiHole (shut yours), Plex server, cloud server, and other random Pi stuff. Nice CoolerMaster case, 2 x NV GTX 1070 8GB, and a whopping 32" AOC 1440P monitor.

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