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Ransomware: Emergence of the cyber-extortion menace

Hampton et al., 2015

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Hampton N
Baig Z
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Ransomware is increasingly posing a threat to the security of information resources. Millions of dollars of monetary loss have been afflicted on end-users and corporations alike through unlawful deployment of ransomware. Through malware injection into end-user devices and …
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