Prevention of Crypto-Ransomware Using a Pre-Encryption Detection Algorithm

Ransomware is a relatively new type of intrusion attack, and is made with the objective of extorting a ransom from its victim. There are several types of ransomware attacks, but the present paper focuses only upon the crypto-ransomware, because it makes data unrecoverable once the victim’s files hav...

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Main Authors: S. H. Kok, Azween Abdullah, NZ Jhanjhi, Mahadevan Supramaniam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-11-01
Series:Computers
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-431X/8/4/79