An Updated Framework of Defenses Against Ransomware
Abstract
The proliferation of tools and techniques to disrupt enterprise systems has evolved from those capable of supporting merely opportunistic attacks to those enabling targeted attacks. Furthermore, attackers continue to develop methods for monetizing their efforts, resulting in ransomware, a very disruptive threat to business as well as governmental departments and agencies. Ransomware developers are now selling their tools as a service, enabling attackers (individual criminals, organized crime, ideological hackers, or nation-state teams, all hereafter referred to as affiliates) to use tools they do not build or maintain to attack vulnerable systems.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 2020
- Accession Number
- AD1110354
Entities
People
- Timothy J. Shimeall
- Timur D. Snoke
Organizations
- Carnegie Mellon University