Android Nougat will stop password-reset ransomware | ZDNet

Android Nougat will stop password-reset ransomware | ZDNet

Android Nougat will come with a new security feature that prevents ransomware from locking users out of their own devices.

The new operating system, slated for public release later this year, will no longer allow users or software to invoke a command that clears already-set passwords. Instead of encrypting files like traditional ransomware, Android ransomware typically resets a user's lock-screen password, preventing the user from getting access to their own phone or tablet until they pay for the password's release.

Symantec's Dinesh Venkatesan, who published a write-up of the new security feature, said in a blog post that it "will not stop threats from setting the password on devices with no existing password".

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