Setting up a PIN for your Android phone or tablet provides a basic level of security. Even if you opt for a fingerprint reader to unlock your device, Android will still require a PIN as a backup ...

Malicious apps that disable Android phones until owners pay a hefty ransom are growing increasingly malevolent and sophisticated as evidenced by a newly discovered sample that resets device PIN locks, ...

We have been following the evolution and mass spreading of Android ransomware for a while now. After seeing early ransomware families combining fake antivirus with the ability to lock the devices ...

A new strain of Android ransomware is able to shut device owners out of their phone by resetting their lock screen PIN, researchers have found. Dubbed Android/Lockerpin.A by infosec firm Eset, the ...