- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- September 3rd, 2015
Simplocker Android Ransomware Returns, Now Poses as the NSA
New Simplocker ransomware locks tens of thousands of devices around the globe, comes with a new wrinkle in its strategy
- Virus alerts
- By Ionut Ilascu
- February 11th, 2015
Simplocker Ransomware for Android Returns with New Version
Fake warning from FBI is plastered on the screen
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- July 22nd, 2014
Simplocker Crypto-Malware Now Locks Backup Files, Targets Larger Audience
Crypto-malware starts to evolve and seeks English-speaking victims
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- June 19th, 2014
Simplocker Changes Attack Vectors
New variant funnelled on the device via downloader
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- June 18th, 2014
Avast Releases Simplocker Removal Tool
The Android app scans the device, removes threat and decrypts affected files
- Security Blog
- By Ionut Ilascu
- June 17th, 2014
Simplocker Gets Decrypted
University of Sussex undergraduate shows Simplecker decryption solution
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- June 17th, 2014
Simplocker May Have an Antidote Updated
Final year undergraduate promises tool to revert Simplocker effects
- Virus alerts
- By Ionut Ilascu
- June 9th, 2014
Android Ransomware Targets Russians and Ukrainians
Kaspersky researchers identify more than 30 variants of the Trojan