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The dawn of ransomwear: How ransomware could move to wearable devices

August 6, 2015 feed

Symantec takes an in-depth look at ransomware to see where it could go next. Our research found that smartwatches could be on the ransomware shortlist.
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Android Tapsnake Mobile Scareware: Ads Push Antivirus

December 20, 2013 Symantec

Recently, we have observed a series of mobile ads intended to scare users into believing that their device is infected with a threat called “Trojan: MobileOS/Tapsnake”.
 

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Android Fake AV Hosted in Google Code Targets South Koreans

August 16, 2013 McAfee Labs

During the last two years we have observed the accelerated discovery of Android malware by the security industry. Malware authors today often create and distribute fake “antimalware” ap

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FakeAV holds Android Phones for Ransom

June 21, 2013 Symantec

FakeAV software is a type of scam using malware that intentionally misrepresents the security status of a computer and attempts to convince the user to purchase a full version of the software in or

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