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05-07-2014, 04:04 PM
http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/mWJSa95Isr8fwoyd5n.Csw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/BGR_News/android-robot-frankenstein.jpg (http://news.yahoo.com/watch-scary-android-malware-holds-phone-hostage-unless-195037952.html)If your-Android phone locks up and accuses you of watching child-pornography, don’t worry about the FBI barging down your doors anytime soon. That said, you should worry a bit because it means that your device has been infected with a new strain of ransomware that is trying to scare Android uses into forking over money to get access to their phones back. Ars Technica reports that security researchers have discovered a new piece of malware called-Android-Trojan.Koler.A that will use your phone’s geolocation technology to figure out which country you’re in and send you a notification that appears to be from your government’s top law enforcement agency. The message will tell you that you’ve been busted for watching illegal pornography and,



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