Ransomware threatens to leak your personal data

LeakerLocker Ransomware: Following the WannaCry and Petya epidemics, a very different ransomware was launched through fake apps on the Google Play Store. Yes this time it is targeted to mobile Android users.

It's called LeakerLocker. The ransomware for Android does not encrypt the files of the victim's device, unlike traditional ransomware, but collects secretly your personal images, messages and browsing history.

Immediately afterwards, he threatens the victim by sending all personal data to his contacts stored on the mobile device if he does not pay 50 dollars.LeakerLocker Ransomware

Her researchers McAfee Security Company have detected ransomware LeakerLocker in at least two applications, Booster & Cleaner Pro and Wallpapers Blur HD, available in the Google Play Store. Both applications have thousands of downloads.

To prevent malware detection, applications are initially free of malicious code and function like any legitimate application.

Once installed by users, apps download the malicious code from the command and control server, which instructs them to collect a huge number of sensitive data from the victim's phone after the victims have given him the necessary permissions during the installation.

Στη συνέχεια, το LeakerLocker ransomware κλειδώνει την αρχική οθόνη και εμφανίζει ένα μήνυμα που περιέχει λεπτομέρειες σχετικά με τα δεδομένα που ισχυρίζεται ότι έχει κλέψει. Η οθόνη της συσκευής, περιέχει επίσης και οδηγίες για το πώς μπορούν τα θύματα του κακόβουλον λογισμικού να πληρώσουν τα λύτρα για να διασφαλιστεί ότι οι πληροφορίες θα διαγραφούν.

LeakerLocker Ransomware The message states:

All personal data from your smartphone has been transferred to our secure cloud.

In less than 72 hours, this data will be sent to every person in the contact list of your phone and e-mail. To cancel this action, you must pay a $ 50 ransom (£ 38).

Keep in mind that there is no way to delete your data from the cloud. Disabling or destroying your smartphone will not affect your cloud data.

LeakerLocker Ransomware What Happens?

Although ransomware claims to have backed up all of your sensitive information, including personal photos, contact numbers, SMS, calls, GPS locations and browsing and mail history, researchers believe it only collects a limited number of data from his victims.

According to the researchers, LeakerLocker can read a victim's email address, random contacts, Chrome history, some text messages and , take a photo from the camera and read some information about the device.

All of the above information is randomly selected for one on the device's screen, which is enough to convince victims that a lot of data has been copied.

What can I do;

Both malicious apps have already been deleted by Google, but it is likely that scammers will try to pass their software to other apps.

If you have one of the two applications installed, you should disable them.

If you have hit the ransomware and you are worried about the sexy photos that can leak to your friends and relatives, you may be thinking of paying the ransom.

But it's good to know that security researchers suggest you do not pay Ransom! This encourages criminals to carry out similar attacks and there is no guarantee that your stolen information will be deleted by the hackers and will not be used again to blackmail you.

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