International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET) Volume: 04 Issue: 02 | Feb -2017
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e-ISSN: 2395 -0056 p-ISSN: 2395-0072
RANSOMEWARE : A HIGH PROFILE ATTACK Abhay pratap singh --------------------------------------------------------***---------------------------------------------------ABSTRACT
Ransomware is combination of ransom and software which basically means that encrypt your all data files in computer and it’s impossible to access these files, until you pay some ransom to attacker. A ransom is the money that has to be paid to victim via untraceable currency like (e.g.- bit-coin). Ransomware is more complex and stealthy kind of nature, so it’s always been daunting task to traditional based detection system to detect that kind of popular threat as well. Now a days, Ransomware is more growing threat in business areas that costs millions of dollars each year, attackers are also use some complex encrypting algorithm to make harmful code so that they could easily bypass antivirus also. In this paper our main focus to provide full information regarding Ransomware like what are the various ways to prevent and detect that kind of popular threat in computer security. Keywords – Ransomware, Malware, Encrypting algorithm, Bitcoin, Phishing 1 Introduction The growing threat of Ransomware is become big concern for cyber security experts, figure[1] shows the rise in Ransomware attacks below here.
Figure 1 Increased Volume Of Ransomware From 2013 To 2015
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