Ransomware detection using deep learning based unsupervised feature extraction and a cost sensitive Pareto Ensemble classifier

Abstract Ransomware attacks pose a serious threat to Internet resources due to their far-reaching effects. It’s Zero-day variants are even more hazardous, as less is known about them. In this regard, when used for ransomware attack detection, conventional machine learning approaches may become data-...

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Main Authors: Umme Zahoora, Asifullah Khan, Muttukrishnan Rajarajan, Saddam Hussain Khan, Muhammad Asam, Tauseef Jamal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-09-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-19443-7