RANSOMWARE - A GROWING THREAT ON FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

Lucky Narayani; Dr. Priyanka Sharma

RANSOMWARE - A GROWING THREAT ON FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

February 2017

Vol-3, Issue-1

Paper ID: 3870

ISSN: 2395-4396

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Abstract & Details

Research Area

Computer Engineering

Keywords

Ransomware Bitcoin Variants Cryptography Encryption Payment

Abstract

Ransomware attacks are growing day by day.cyber criminals use this weapon like a money making machine.The Ransomware had targeted many Universities, hospitals, businesses, healthcare and organizations, banking sector and even police departments.Hackers demand the payment in Bitcoin (BTC) because of the decentralized nature of bitcoin and not easily traceable by law enforcement agencies.According to security researchers ransomware will be one of the fastest-growing attacks in cyber crime. Ransomware is more stealthy, with some recent variants completing their dirty work without making a single call to the Internet. The present research paper discusses Ransomware whole round i.e. Ransomware origin, different variants, infection process, Future threats, and Mitigation.

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Author Information

#	Name	Institute / Affiliation
1	Lucky Narayani	Raksha Shakti University
2	Dr. Priyanka Sharma	Raksha Shakti University

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APA Style

Narayani, Lucky & Sharma, Dr. Priyanka (2017). RANSOMWARE - A GROWING THREAT ON FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS. International Journal of Advance Research and Innovative Ideas In Education, 3(1), 1329-1333.

MLA Style

Narayani, Lucky, and Dr. Priyanka Sharma. "RANSOMWARE - A GROWING THREAT ON FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS." International Journal of Advance Research and Innovative Ideas In Education, vol. 3, no. 1, 2017, pp. 1329-1333.

IEEE Style

Lucky Narayani and Dr. Priyanka Sharma, "RANSOMWARE - A GROWING THREAT ON FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS," International Journal of Advance Research and Innovative Ideas In Education, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 1329-1333, 2017.

Vancouver Style

Narayani Lucky, Sharma Dr. Priyanka. RANSOMWARE - A GROWING THREAT ON FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS. International Journal of Advance Research and Innovative Ideas In Education. 2017;3(1):1329-1333.

Harvard Style

Narayani, Lucky & Sharma, Dr. Priyanka (2017) 'RANSOMWARE - A GROWING THREAT ON FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS', International Journal of Advance Research and Innovative Ideas In Education, 3(1), pp. 1329-1333.

Chicago Style

Narayani, Lucky and Dr. Priyanka Sharma. "RANSOMWARE - A GROWING THREAT ON FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS." International Journal of Advance Research and Innovative Ideas In Education 3, no. 1 (2017): 1329-1333.

Turabian Style

Narayani, Lucky and Dr. Priyanka Sharma. "RANSOMWARE - A GROWING THREAT ON FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS." International Journal of Advance Research and Innovative Ideas In Education 3, no. 1 (2017): 1329-1333.