Current Ransomware Threats

Abstract

Ransomware continues to be a grave security threat to both organizations and individual users. The increased sophistication in ransomware design provides enhanced accessibility and distribution ca-pabilities that enable attackers of all types to employ this malicious tool. This report discusses ran-somware, including an explanation of its design, distribution, execution, and business model. Ad-ditionally, the report provides a detailed discussion of encryption methods and runtime activities, as well as indicators that are useful in their detection and mitigation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 2020
Accession Number
AD1110335

Entities

People

  • Alexandra Parisi
  • Marisa Midler Kyle Omeara

Organizations

  • Carnegie Mellon University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Anti-Malware Software
  • Anti-Virus Software
  • Command And Control
  • Computer Program Documentation
  • Computer Program Reliability
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Cyberattacks
  • Cybersecurity
  • Data Exfiltration
  • Electronic Mail
  • Information Security
  • Malware
  • Operating Systems
  • Software Development
  • United States
  • Web Browsers

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Cybersecurity.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Cyber