Visible to the public Ransomware: Studying transfer and mitigation

TitleRansomware: Studying transfer and mitigation
Publication TypeConference Paper
Year of Publication2016
AuthorsShinde, R., Veeken, P. Van der, Schooten, S. Van, Berg, J. van den
Conference Name2016 International Conference on Computing, Analytics and Security Trends (CAST)
ISBN Number978-1-5090-1338-8
Keywordscomposability, Computer crime, cryptography, Cyber Crime Science, cybercrimes, demographics, Education, Human Behavior, Internet, Interviews, invasive software, Malware, Market research, Metrics, mitigation, nonvictimized random set, pubcrawl, random processes, ransomware, Resiliency, Transfer, victimized random set
Abstract

Cybercrimes today are focused over returns, especially in the form of monetary returns. In this paper - through a literature study and conducting interviews for the people victimized by ransomware and a survey with random set of victimized and non-victimized by ransomware - conclusions about the dependence of ransomware on demographics like age and education areshown. Increasing threats due to ease of transfer of ransomware through internet arealso discussed. Finally, low level awarenessamong company professionals is confirmed and reluctance to payment on being a victim is found as a common trait.

URLhttp://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7914946/
DOI10.1109/CAST.2016.7914946
Citation Keyshinde_ransomware:_2016