International Journal of Advanced Research in Computer Science · 2017 · 277 citations · 0 references
ComputingComputer ScienceCybersecurityComputer SecurityCryptographyInformation Security ManagementData SecurityRansomwareRansomware ResponseAtmospheric Instability MechanismsDigitizationPreventive Control MeasuresRansomware DecryptionRansomware DefenseRansomware ProtectionRansomware RiskRansomware-related Data Breaches
Ransomware spreads rapidly, hijacking and encrypting user data across personal and business systems, forcing victims to pay for decryption and threatening widespread digital instability. This paper examines the WannaCry ransomware attack, its impact on the computing world, and proposes preventive measures to mitigate such threats.
Recently Ransomware virus software spread like a cyclone winds. A cyclone wind creates atmospheric instability; likewise ransomware creates computer data instability. Every user is moving towards digitization. User keep data secure in his or her computer. But what if data is hijacked. A ransomware is one of the software virus that hijack users data. A ransomware may lock the system in a way which is not for a knowledgeable person to reverse.It not only targets home computersbut business also gets affected. It encrypts data in such a way that normal person can no longer decrypt. A person has to pay ransom to decrypt it. But it does not generate that files will be released.This paper gives a brief study of WannaCry ransomware, its effect on computer world and its preventive measures to control ransomwareon computer system.