This App Allows Anyone to Create Custom Android Ransomware

If it wasn't easy already for cybercriminals to hack into Android

phones, there is now an app that basically lets anyone, even those with absolutely no knowledge of coding, to become a hacker and develop their own custom Android ransomware. All you need is an Android phone to get started.




A free Trojan Development Kit (TDK) app can be downloaded from hacking forums with a simple interface that can get anyone to quickly create their own ransomware, Symantec researchers find. "The entire process of creating a ready-to-use piece of malware is done on a smartphone without any requirement to write a single line of code," Dinesh Venkatesan, Principal Threat Analysis Engineer at Symantec says, cited by a ZDNet report.




The app requires you to follow some simple instructions and fill out forms with customisable options to create your own malware. For example, you can choose the option to have the malware display a message on the infected device's lock screen, the key to unlock the device, and the type of animations that can be displayed on the screen.

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