Sitolo yayikulu kwambiri yamapulogalamu am'manja, Google Play, posachedwapa yakhalanso malo a pulogalamu yokhala ndi ma code oyipa. Cahrger ransomware idabisidwa mkati mwa pulogalamu ya EnergyRescue, kulola owukirawo kuti afune dipo kudzera pa foni yomwe idasokonekera.
Nthawi ndi nthawi, pulogalamu yokhala ndi ma code oyipa imangopezeka mu Play Store. Komabe, Ransomware Changer ndi wosiyana ndi mpikisano wake ndi nkhanza zake zazikulu. Mukangokhazikitsa "pulogalamu" yomwe ili ndi kachilombo, omwe akuukirawo amapeza mauthenga anu onse a SMS. Pulogalamuyi ndi yopusa kwambiri kotero kuti imapangitsa wogwiritsa ntchito mosakayikira kuti apereke chilolezo, zomwe sizabwino konse.
Ngati wogwiritsa ntchito avomereza, nthawi yomweyo amataya mphamvu zonse pa foni yawo - tsopano ili m'manja mwa anthu achinyengo omwe amawongolera kutali. Chipangizocho chimatsekedwa nthawi yomweyo ndipo foni yolipira dipo imawonekera pazenera:
"Muyenera kutilipira ndipo ngati simutero tidzagulitsa zina zanu pamsika wakuda mphindi 30 zilizonse. Tikukupatsani chitsimikizo cha 100% kuti deta yanu yonse idzabwezeretsedwa mutalandira malipiro. Titsegula foni yanu ndipo zonse zakuba zichotsedwa pa seva yathu! Kuyimitsa foni yanu yam'manja sikofunikira, zidziwitso zanu zonse zasungidwa kale pamaseva athu! Titha kuwagulitsanso chifukwa cha spam, chinyengo, milandu yamabanki ndi zina. Timasonkhanitsa ndikutsitsa zonse zomwe muli nazo. Zonse informace kuchokera pa malo ochezera a pa Intaneti, maakaunti aku banki, makadi a ngongole. Timasonkhanitsa zonse zokhudza anzanu ndi abale anu.”
Dipo lomwe oukirawo adafuna kwa eni ake linali "lotsika". Mtengo unali 0,2 bitcoin, yomwe ili pafupi madola 180 (pafupifupi 4 akorona). Kugwiritsa ntchito kachilomboka kunali mu Google Play pafupifupi masiku anayi ndipo, malinga ndi zomwe zimatchedwa Check Point, zidangotsitsa zotsitsa zochepa. Komabe, kampaniyo ikuganiza kuti ndi chiwonongeko ichi, owononga amangopanga mapu a malo komanso kuti kuukira kofananako kungabwere pamlingo waukulu kwambiri m'tsogolomu.
