Police Infected Computers Ransomware

A police chief has admitted in the American Houlton that he was the cause that various police computers ransomware became infected and the police eventually had to pay the ransom of $ 588. Police Chief Joe McKenna leaves opposite Bangor Daily News that the infection was his fault because he opened an infected email attachment.

"The last time I get quotes for different kinds of stuff we will replace," said McKenna. "Between all those emails was an email from a woman that says that the offer had been added. I did not think about it and opened it." The appendix was found to be a blank document, which the police thought that the sender had made a mistake and put his computer.

The appendix was found to be ransomware. When McKenna his computer turned on the ransomware hit, and all kinds of encrypted files on multiple computers. "It locked all computers. All emails to photos, documents and reports," said the police chief. Eventually, the police decided to pay the ransom of $ 588, although the total damage inflicted the ransomware is estimated at $ 1,400.

Leak In Popular AirDroid App Let Assume Attacker Device

A vulnerability in the popular AirDroid Android app made it possible for attackers to take over vulnerable devices once the user opened a link. AirDroid is a free app for managing an Android smartphone or tablet from Windows, Mac, or the Web.

It also supports GPS tracking, sending text messages, change and manage files from other apps. AirDroid has been downloaded more than 20 million times. The app was found to contain a serious authentication leak allowing a remote attacker could take over someone's phone or tablet. The only thing needed to do this was an attacker sending a malicious link that was opened by a user, for example via a chat application on Windows or Mac. "The attack can be performed silently, meaning that works even when the app is not running. Only the installation on a device is sufficient," says researcher Matt Bryant Bishop Fox .

In case of a successful attack is possible for the attacker to take pictures, follow the GPS location of the victim and contacts from the address book to attack difficult. Everything AirDroid has access to is accessible to an attacker. The vulnerability was reported to the developers of AirDroid who have solved the problem in the most recent version of the app. This fix was published in February , but the vulnerability is only now disclosed. The video below demonstrates the attack.