Ransomware: Recent advances, analysis, challenges and future research directions

C Beaman, A Barkworth, TD Akande, S Hakak… - Computers & …, 2021 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic has witnessed a huge surge in the number of ransomware attacks.
Different institutions such as healthcare, financial, and government have been targeted …

The age of ransomware: A survey on the evolution, taxonomy, and research directions

S Razaulla, C Fachkha, C Markarian… - IEEE …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The proliferation of ransomware has become a significant threat to cybersecurity in recent
years, causing significant financial, reputational, and operational damage to individuals and …

Ransomware mitigation in the modern era: A comprehensive review, research challenges, and future directions

T McIntosh, ASM Kayes, YPP Chen, A Ng… - ACM Computing …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
Although ransomware has been around since the early days of personal computers, its
sophistication and aggression have increased substantially over the years. Ransomware, as …

A survey on ransomware: Evolution, taxonomy, and defense solutions

H Oz, A Aris, A Levi, AS Uluagac - ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR), 2022 - dl.acm.org
In recent years, ransomware has been one of the most notorious malware targeting end-
users, governments, and business organizations. It has become a very profitable business …

[HTML][HTML] Ransomware detection using machine learning: A survey

A Alraizza, A Algarni - Big Data and Cognitive Computing, 2023 - mdpi.com
Ransomware attacks pose significant security threats to personal and corporate data and
information. The owners of computer-based resources suffer from verification and privacy …

[HTML][HTML] Ransomware early detection: A survey

M Cen, F Jiang, X Qin, Q Jiang, R Doss - Computer Networks, 2024 - Elsevier
In recent years, ransomware attacks have exploded globally, and it has become one of the
most significant cyber threats to digital infrastructure. Such attacks have been targeting …

A review of state-of-the-art malware attack trends and defense mechanisms

J Ferdous, R Islam, A Mahboubi, MZ Islam - IEEe Access, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The increasing sophistication of malware threats has led to growing concerns in the anti-
malware community, as malware poses a significant danger to online users despite the …

[HTML][HTML] Information security breaches due to ransomware attacks-a systematic literature review

TR Reshmi - International Journal of Information Management Data …, 2021 - Elsevier
Ransomware is the most predominant cyber threat in the digital infrastructure. The attackers
launching ransomware attacks use different techniques to hijack the users' or organizations' …

[HTML][HTML] Ransomware detection using random forest technique

BM Khammas - ICT Express, 2020 - Elsevier
Nowadays, the ransomware became a serious threat challenge the computing world that
requires an immediate consideration to avoid financial and moral blackmail. So, there is a …

A few-shot meta-learning based siamese neural network using entropy features for ransomware classification

J Zhu, J Jang-Jaccard, A Singh, I Welch, ALS Harith… - Computers & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Ransomware defense solutions that can quickly detect and classify different ransomware
classes to formulate rapid response plans have been in high demand in recent years …