A new piece of ransomware called ShrinkLocker uses the BitLocker feature in Windows to encrypt victim’s data. BitLocker is an encryption system that debuted in 2007 with Windows Vista. The ransomware was discovered by security researchers from Kaspersky, who named it ShrinkLocker due to its use of BitLocker and the fact it reduces the size of each non-boot partition by 100 MB. So far, systems in Mexico, Indonesia, and Jordan have been targeted.

New Triada comes preinstalled on Android devices
A new variant of the Triada Trojan has been discovered pre-installed on Android devices, enabling data theft from the moment the device is set up,