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Ransomware

Ransomware is a type of malware that takes the personal data of a victim hostage until a ransom is paid. This does typically, but not necessarily, involve encryption. Difficult-to-trace digital currencies such as paysafecard or Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are commonly used for the ransoms, making tracing and prosecuting the perpetrators difficult.…

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Ransomware

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related to Further reading · 87
Ransomware → ActualTech Media, Allan, April, Archived, AUGUST, Brad, Combat This Cyber Threat, Communications, Comprehensive Guide, CONFERENCE, Crypto-Ransomware, CryptoWall, Cyberspace Safety, Duncan, Embedded Software, Enterprise Protection, Exploit Kits, Exposing Cryptovirology, Extortion, FBI
related to Zain Qaiser · 41
Ransomware → AEK, American, Angler Exploit Kit, Barking, British, China, Each, Florida International University, For, Goodmayes Hospital, GreenDot MoneyPak, He, His, Investigators, June, Kingston, Liberty Reserve, London, Lurk, Mac
related to Bad Rabbit · 36
Ransomware → Adobe Flash, Among, As, Bad Rabbit, Bad Rabbit's, Bitcoin, CrowdStrike Bad Rabbit, DLL, ESET, EternalBlue, Experts, Flash, Further, Game, Germany, Infrastructure, Interfax, Japan, Kyiv Metro, Ministry
related to File decryption and recovery · 33
Ransomware → Alcatraz Locker, Apocalypse, BadBlock, Bart, BTCWare, Crypt888, CryptoMix, CryptoSheriff, CrySiS, EncrypTile, Europol's European Cybercrime Centre, FindZip, Free, Globe, Hidden Tear, If, Jigsaw, Kaspersky Lab, LambdaLocker, Legion
see also · 23
Ransomware → American, Byzantine, Colonial Pipeline, Daniel GoldenInitial, Encrypting, Fault, Form, Generals' Problem, Hacker, Network, Political, Property, Protocol, Quantum, Ransomware Hunting Team, Renee Dudley, Resilience, Software, Sub-discipline, Surplus
related to CryptoLocker · 21
Ransomware → Bitcoin, BTC, CryptoLocker, Department, Due, Encrypting, Even, Evgeniy Bogachev, Gameover ZeuS, It, June, Justice, November, Operation Tovar, RSA, Russian, September, The, The Department, Trojan
related to Reveton · 21
Ransomware → Another, Based, Citadel Trojan, Due, European, In, IP, Metropolitan Police, Metropolitan Police Service, Music, Police National E-Crime Unit, Police Trojan, PRS, Reveton, The, To, Trojan, Ukash, United Kingdom, Variants
related to CryptoLocker.F and TorrentLocker · 20
Ransomware → ABC News, Another Trojan, Australia, Australia Post, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, By, CAPTCHA, CryptoDefense, CryptoLocker, CryptoWall, However, In September, Melbourne, November, Sydney, Symantec, The Trojans, TorrentLocker, Trojans, Turkey
related to DarkSide · 20
Ransomware → Bitcoin, CISA, Colonial Pipeline, Cybersecurity, DarkSide, East Coast, FBI, Following, In May, Infrastructure Security Agency, Investigation, On May, Our, Russian, The, The Federal Bureau, United States, US, US Colonial Pipeline, We
related to SamSam · 19
Ransomware → Atlanta, Colorado Department, Davidson County, Faramarz Shahi Savandi, Farmington, FBI, In, Iran, JBoss, Mohammad Mehdi Shah Mansouri, New Mexico, North Carolina, Qom, Remote Desktop Protocol, SamSam, Shiraz, The, This, Transportation

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malware attack attacks data trojan used key files using may security ransom user system victim 2015 also victims us encryption

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Ransomwareis atype of malware that takes the personal data of a victim hostage until a ransom is paid0.90text
Ransomwareis acryptovirology attack invented by Adam L0.90text
paysafecard or Bitcoininstance ofDifficult-to-trace digital currencies0.80text
other cryptocurrencies are commonly used for the ransomsinstance ofDifficult-to-trace digital currencies0.80text
making tracinginstance ofDifficult-to-trace digital currencies0.80text
prosecuting the perpetrators difficultinstance ofDifficult-to-trace digital currencies0.80text
a law enforcement agencyinstance ofPayloads may display a fake warning purportedly by an entity0.80text
falsely claiming that the system has been used for illegal activitiesinstance ofPayloads may display a fake warning purportedly by an entity0.80text
contains content such as pornography andinstance ofPayloads may display a fake warning purportedly by an entity0.80text
paysafecardinstance ofpre-paid voucher services0.80text
and the Bitcoin cryptocurrency.In May 2020instance ofpre-paid voucher services0.80text
vendor Sophos reported that the global average cost to remediate a ransomware attackinstance ofpre-paid voucher services0.80text

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