Android malware: how to keep your device safe from filecoders (and everything else)

When ESET researchers analyzed the first file-encrypting Trojan to demand a ransom from Android users via a control centre hidden on the anonymized Tor Network, the malware was “somewhat anticipated”, ESET malware researcher Robert Lipovsky writes.

The malware Android/Simplocker, available as a bogus app, seems at present to be a proof-of-concept rather than a fully-fledged attack ready for mass release.

Android malware: how to keep your device safe from filecoders (and everything else)