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Malware

FileCoder

According to heimdal, A new strain of ransomware emerged on Android mobile devices.

FileCoder is a Android malware family.

Background

Heimdal reports the appearance of a new ransomware strain on Android devices that affects systems running Android 5.1 or later. Researchers named this Android ransomware FileCoder (Android/Filecoder.c), and it propagates through text messages carrying a malicious link.


Source: Malpedia (Fraunhofer FKIE).