Fortinet Blog | News and Threat Research Mobile Ransomware : Status Quo

Ransomware is a type of malware that restricts usage of the device it infects, demanding a ransom from the end-user in order to regain control over the device. 

Now, the malware could actually damage/encrypt the system and the files on it or it could take the easier way out by merely giving a semblance of having performed these functions. 

Although in both cases, phone usage becomes difficult for the user 

Ransomware threats have been big on mobile phones this year - from the emergence of the first variant targetting iOS devices to the first Android variant that actually encrypts phone data. 



Fortinet Blog | News and Threat Research Mobile Ransomware : Status Quo