Ransomware is a relatively new type of intrusion attack, and is made with the objective of extorting a ransom from its victim. There are several types of ransomware attacks, but the present paper focuses only upon the crypto-ransomware, because it ma...
According to the premise that the first step to try to solve a problem is to deepen our knowledge of it as much as possible, this work is mainly aimed at diving into and understanding crypto-ransomware, a very present and true-world digital pandemic,...
Given the high relevance and impact of ransomware in companies, organizations, and individuals around the world, coupled with the widespread adoption of mobile and IoT-related devices for both personal and professional use, the development of effecti...
Ransomware is a group of malware that aims to make computing resources unavailable, demanding a ransom amount to return control back to users. Ransomware can be classified into two types: crypto-ransomware and locker ransomware. Crypto-ransomware emp...
Recently, ransomware attacks have been among the major threats that target a wide range of Internet and mobile users throughout the world, especially critical cyber physical systems. Due to its unique characteristics, ransomware has attracted the att...
Ransomware is a type of malware that employs encryption to target user files, rendering them inaccessible without a decryption key. To combat ransomware, researchers have developed early detection models that seek to identify threats before encryptio...
Ransomware is a malicious class of software that utilises encryption to implement an attack on system availability. The target’s data remains encrypted and is held captive by the attacker until a ransom demand is met. A common approach used by...
Desktop and portable platform-based information systems become the most tempting target of crypto and locker ransomware attacks during the last decades. Hence, researchers have developed anti-ransomware tools to assist the Windows platform at thwarti...
Steganography is a vital security approach that hides any secret content within ordinary data, such as multimedia. This hiding aims to achieve the confidentiality of the IoT secret data; whether it is benign or malicious (e.g., ransomware) and for de...
Early detection of ransomware attacks is critical for minimizing the potential damage caused by these malicious attacks. Feature selection plays a significant role in the development of an efficient and accurate ransomware early detection model. In t...
A crypto-ransomware has the process to encrypt victim’s files. Afterward, the crypto-ransomware requests a ransom for the password of encrypted files to victims. In this paper, we present a novel approach to prevent crypto-ransomware by detecting blo...
Ransomware attacks against Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) have catastrophic consequences not only to the targeted infrastructure, but also the services provided to the public. By encrypting the operational data, the ransomware attacks can disru...
Cryptovirological augmentations present an immediate, incomparable threat. Over the last decade, the substantial proliferation of crypto-ransomware has had widespread consequences for consumers and organisations alike. Established preventive measures...
Ransomware has become an increasingly popular type of malware across the past decade and continues to rise in popularity due to its high profitability. Organisations and enterprises have become prime targets for ransomware as they are more likely to...
The ever-evolving landscape of cyber threats, with ransomware at its forefront, poses significant challenges to the digital world. Windows 11 Pro, Microsoft’s latest operating system, claims to offer enhanced security features designed to tackl...
Crypto-ransomware is a type of ransomware that encrypts the victim’s files and demands a ransom to return the files. This type of attack has been on the rise in recent years, as it offers a lucrative business model for threat actors. Research into de...
Android ransomware is one of the most threatening attacks that is increasing at an alarming rate. Ransomware attacks usually target Android users by either locking their devices or encrypting their data files and then requesting them to pay money to...
This survey investigates the contributions of research into the detection of ransomware malware using machine learning and deep learning algorithms. The main motivations for this study are the destructive nature of ransomware, the difficulty of rever...
In today’s era of technology, where information is readily available anytime and from anywhere, safeguarding our privacy and sensitive data is more important than ever. The thermal sensors embedded within a CPU are primarily utilized for monito...