[HTML][HTML] Reducing ransomware crime: analysis of victims' payment decisions

AY Connolly, H Borrion - Computers & Security, 2022 - Elsevier
In this paper, the decision-making processes of victims during ransomware attacks were
analysed. Forty-one ransomware attacks using qualitative data collected from organisations …

Ransomware: How attacker's effort, victim characteristics and context influence ransom requested, payment and financial loss

T Meurs, M Junger, E Tews… - 2022 APWG symposium …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In recent years, ransomware attacks have led to disastrous consequences for victims, not
just due to the payment ransom amount but also due to the recovery costs associated with …

Your files have been encrypted: A crime script analysis of ransomware attacks

SR Matthijsse, MS van 't Hoff-de Goede… - Trends in Organized …, 2023 - Springer
Ransomware attacks have increased in recent years and the impact on victims and society
can be considerable. In order to develop effective measures against ransomware, it is …

The Evolution of Ransomware: Tactics, Techniques, and Mitigation Strategies

G Nagar - Valley International Journal Digital Library, 2024 - vipublisher.com
Ransomware has developed into one of the most dangerous cyber threats. It is developed
for the purpose of encrypting the data, and the owner is to pay the specified amount of …

Ransomware deployment methods and analysis: views from a predictive model and human responses

G Hull, H John, B Arief - Crime Science, 2019 - Springer
Ransomware incidents have increased dramatically in the past few years. The number of
ransomware variants is also increasing, which means signature and heuristic-based …

Ransomware: Evolution, mitigation and prevention

R Richardson, MM North - International …, 2017 - digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu
Ransomware is a rapidly growing threat to the data files of individuals and businesses. It
encrypts files on an infected computer and holds the key to decrypt the files until the victim …

An empirical study of ransomware attacks on organizations: an assessment of severity and salient factors affecting vulnerability

L Yuryna Connolly, DS Wall, M Lang… - Journal of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
This study looks at the experiences of organizations that have fallen victim to ransomware
attacks. Using quantitative and qualitative data of 55 ransomware cases drawn from 50 …

Ransomware: to pay or not to pay?

C Everett - Computer Fraud & Security, 2016 - Elsevier
Woeful tales of seemingly endless ransomware attacks have been hitting the headlines for
months now. One of the most notorious happened very recently–in February this year, in fact …

Evolution of ransomware

P O'Kane, S Sezer, D Carlin - Iet Networks, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Cybercrime has long since transformed from a world of Maverick attackers to a criminal
business. Ransomware is a malware that renders a victim's computer or data unusable and …

Ransomware attacks: detection, prevention and cure

R Brewer - Network security, 2016 - Elsevier
Over the past three years, ransomware has become one of the biggest cyber scams to hit
businesses. Indeed, the FBI estimates that losses incurred in 2016 due to ransomware will …