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Survey on Ransomware: A New Era of Cyber Attack

by Gandhi Krunal A., Patel Viral Kumar D.
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International Journal of Computer Applications
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Volume 168 - Number 3
Year of Publication: 2017
Authors: Gandhi Krunal A., Patel Viral Kumar D.
10.5120/ijca2017914446

Gandhi Krunal A., Patel Viral Kumar D. . Survey on Ransomware: A New Era of Cyber Attack. International Journal of Computer Applications. 168, 3 ( Jun 2017), 38-41. DOI=10.5120/ijca2017914446

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author = { Gandhi Krunal A., Patel Viral Kumar D. },
title = { Survey on Ransomware: A New Era of Cyber Attack },
journal = { International Journal of Computer Applications },
issue_date = { Jun 2017 },
volume = { 168 },
number = { 3 },
month = { Jun },
year = { 2017 },
issn = { 0975-8887 },
pages = { 38-41 },
numpages = {9},
url = { https://ijcaonline.org/archives/volume168/number3/27859-2017914446/ },
doi = { 10.5120/ijca2017914446 },
publisher = {Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA},
address = {New York, USA}
}
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%I Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Abstract

In today’s world, a most popular crime is Cybercrime. In this paper through a literature study, effect of ransomware is discussed. In this needy internet world, how crucial is to use a non-secure connection and how it will track a normal user or unaware user into the trap of hacker and after that losing money in terms of bit-coins. At last, with the damage cause by the latest attack of ransomware around the world is proved that there is lacks of awareness among the company professionals is confirmed and pay a high amount of money in bit-coins.

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Index Terms

Computer Science
Information Sciences

Keywords

Ransomware bitcoins TOR wannacry 2.0 payment education.

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