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Ransomware on smart TVs is here and removing it can be a pain

04

Jan

2017

It took a year from proof of concept to in-the-wild attack, but ransomware for Android-based smart TVs is now here. As one victim discovered this Christmas, figuring out how to clean such an infection can be quite difficult. Ransomware for Android phones has already been around for several years and security experts have warned in […]

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FLocker ransomware now targeting Smart TVs

14

Jun

2016

Trend Micro researchers have found the first major example of ransomware that can attack a Smart TV with hackers using an updated version of FLocker that targets devices running the Android operating system. Trend Micro researcher Echo Duan wrote in a blog post that this FLocker version, one of more than 7,000 variants that have […]

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Android-powered smart TVs targeted by malicious apps

08

Jan

2016

Smart TVs running older versions of Android are being targeted by several websites offering apps containing malware, according to Trend Micro. The security vendor wrote on Thursday that it found a handful of app websites targeting people in the U.S. and Canada by offering the malicious apps.

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