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A behavioural in‐depth analysis of ransomware infection [PDF]
IET Information Security, 2021 Ransomware is a type of malware that has spread rapidly over the last 4 years, causing significant damage, especially in Windows environments. It is designed to encrypt or block victim's data, including documents, backups, and databases, unless a ransom ...
Yassine Lemmou +2 more
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Analysis of encryption schemes in modern ransomware [PDF]
Rad Hrvatske akademije znanosti i umjetnosti. Matematičke znanosti, 2021 In the past few years, activity of ransomware increased. As new variants and families of ransomware are developed, security systems have to keep up. Well designed encryption system is at the heart of ransomware and even a small mistake in the algorithm can break it. This paper analyzes 10 ransomware samples from various families.
Ploszek, Roderik +2 more
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Analysis, Detection, and Prevention of Cryptographic Ransomware. [PDF]
, 2020 Cryptographic ransomware encrypts files on a computer system, thereby blocks access to victim’s data, until a ransom is paid. The quick return in revenue together with the practical difficulties in accurately tracking cryptocurrencies used by victims to perform the ransom payment, have made ransomware a preferred tool for cybercriminals.
GENÇ, Ziya Alper
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Dynamic Opcode Analysis of Ransomware [PDF]
2018 International Conference on Cyber Security and Protection of Digital Services (Cyber Security), 2018 The explosion of ransomware in recent years has served as a costly reminder that the malware threatscape has moved from that of socially-inept hobbyists to career criminals. This paper investigates the efficacy of dynamic opcode analysis in distinguishing cryptographic ransomware from benignware, and presents several novel contributions. Firstly, a new
Domhnall Carlin +2 more
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Analysis of Crypto-Ransomware Using Network Traffic [PDF]
Journal of Information Security and Cybercrimes Research, 2022 Ransomware is a form of malware attack that makes use of encryption to make information inaccessible for the motive of gathering a specified amount of payment.
Otasowie Owolafe, Aderonke F. Thompson
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Ransomware behavioural analysis on windows platforms [PDF]
Journal of Information Security and Applications, 2018 Abstract Ransomware infections have grown exponentially during the recent past to cause major disruption in operations across a range of industries including the government. Through this research, we present an analysis of 14 strains of ransomware that infect Windows platforms, and we do a comparison of Windows Application Programming Interface (API)
Nikolai Hampton +2 more
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Technical Analysis of Thanos Ransomware [PDF]
International Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security, 2022 Ransomware is a developing menace that encrypts users’ files and holds the decryption key hostage until the victim pays a ransom. This particular class of malware has been in charge of extortion hundreds of millions of dollars every year. Adding to the problem, generating new variations is cheap.
Ikuromor Ogriki +2 more
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An economic analysis of ransomware and its welfare consequences [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2020 We present in this work an economic analysis of ransomware, a relatively new form of cyber-enabled extortion. We look at how the illegal gains of the criminals will depend on the strategies they use, examining uniform pricing and price discrimination. We also explore the welfare costs to society of such strategies.
J. Hernandez-Castro +2 more
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Economic Analysis of Ransomware [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2017 We present in this work an economic analysis of ransomware, with relevant data from Cryptolocker, CryptoWall, TeslaCrypt and other major strands. We include a detailed study of the impact that different price discrimination strategies can have on the success of a ransomware family, examining uniform pricing, optimal price discrimination and bargaining ...
Julio C. Hernandez-Castro +2 more
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Adaptive secure malware efficient machine learning algorithm for healthcare data
CAAI Transactions on Intelligence Technology, EarlyView., 2023 Abstract Malware software now encrypts the data of Internet of Things (IoT) enabled fog nodes, preventing the victim from accessing it unless they pay a ransom to the attacker. The ransom injunction is constantly accompanied by a deadline. These days, ransomware attacks are too common on IoT healthcare devices.
Mazin Abed Mohammed +8 more
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