Akhtar Kamal1, Morched Derbali2, Sadeeq Jan1,*, Javed Iqbal Bangash3, Fazal Qudus Khan2, Houssem Jerbi4, Rabeh Abbassi4, Gulzar Ahmad5
CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.67, No.3, pp. 3833-3846, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2021.015941
- 01 March 2021
Abstract Ransomware is a type of malicious software that blocks access to a computer by encrypting user’s files until a ransom is paid to the attacker. There have been several reported high-profile ransomware attacks including WannaCry, Petya, and Bad Rabbit resulting in losses of over a billion dollars to various individuals and businesses in the world. The analysis of ransomware is often carried out via sandbox environments; however, the initial setup and configuration of such environments is a challenging task. Also, it is difficult for an ordinary computer user to correctly interpret the complex results presented… More >