The outage comes just a day after Twitter made an unprecedented move to limit the spread of a controversial New York Post article criticizing US presidential candidate Joe Biden
The MalLocker.B malware triggers an overlay screen with ransom note using an explicit image from the phone or a fake police fine notice that can not be bypassed
The phishing emails trick users to visit a Google Docs link to download a malicious file which when clicked can steal files and encrypt the system for ransom
Those apps with over 120,000 downloads evaded Google's scrutiny with a dropper technique that could download the malware later through a multi-stage process
While CISA didn't name the hacker or the victim agency, it said in a report that the hacker planted a custom malware by exploiting Pulse Secure VPN to steal data