It is becoming increasingly rare for few days to pass by without us hearing about yet another malicious Android app that is loaded with ransomware, and sent out into the wild to wreak havoc amongst unsuspecting users. Just a few days back we heard about a ransomware which communicated over XMPP, and now a new strain, being dubbed Android/Lockerpin.A, appears to be taking things to a higher, more sophisticated level, by setting or resetting the PIN that is required to grant access to the Android device. Device owners are then forced to perform a factory reset and wipe all data from the device, or shell out $500 to the malicious individuals operating the malware, which is the really the standard course of action now.
