Android Smartphones Targeted by WannaCry Lookalike
Crooks in China have developed an Android ransomware that uses similar graphics to the WannaCry ransom note in an attempt to scare and trick users into quickly paying the ransom.Spotted by Qihoo 360 researchers, crooks are spreading this ransomware via Chinese gaming forums. The malicious app containing the ransomware tries is disguised as a plugin for the King of Glory, a very popular mobile game in China.Some people just wanna get arrestedBy the looks of it, the ransomware is obviously the work of amateur ransomware operators who have a fetish for getting arrested.Unlike 99.9% of today’s ransomware, this WannaCry lookalike for Android devices is asking users to pay the ransom fee of 40 Chinese Renminbi ($6) via Chinese payment providers QQ, Alipay, or WeChat.Its authors have either not heard of Bitcoin before, or bumped their head and forgot they live in China, the country where authorities have the deeper access to data from technology firms.It would take police minutes to track down who’s on the receiving end of all the ransom payments and crack down on its operators.
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