The latest variety of the Koler Android ransomware has been localized. It is smart enough to show Canadians a warning message purporting to be from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Criminals either set up dummy or clone websites pretending to offer pornography, or put up ads on niche porn sites. The criminals then tell the users that their phones are locked until they pay a fine, or threaten to tell all their contacts that they have been viewing illegal content. The fines started out at around $100, but have recently grown to around $500.”]
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