Cryptovirology

Young, A. L., & Yung, M. (2017). Cryptovirology: The Birth, Neglect, and Explosion of Ransomware. Communications of the ACM, 60(7), 24-26.

Type

Journal article

Intellectual base

Primary research

Year

2017

Volume

60

Issue

7

Pages

24-26

DOI

10.1145/3097347

DOI registrant

Association for Computing Machinery

Link

https://doi.org/10.1145/3097347

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military_strategic_studies

Cited by

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Primes

• Compellence
  • Ransomware-by-encryption is the same instrument turned malicious: the positive demand is payment, the continuing pressure is the data held encrypted

    This sourceDescribes cryptoviral extortion / ransomware-by-encryption, in which data is held encrypted (using public-key cryptography) until a ransom is paid — continuing-pressure coercion until the demanded act is performed. (Resolves needs-source-911.)

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