The rise of crypto-ransomware in a changing cybercrime landscape: Taxonomising countermeasures
- Submitting institution
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The University of Bradford
- Unit of assessment
- 11 - Computer Science and Informatics
- Output identifier
- 52
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1016/j.cose.2019.101568
- Title of journal
- Computers & Security
- Article number
- 101568
- First page
- 101568
- Volume
- 87
- Issue
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- ISSN
- 0167-4048
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
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- Year of publication
- 2019
- URL
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https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167404819301336?via%3Dihub
- Supplementary information
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- Request cross-referral to
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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1
- Research group(s)
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- Citation count
- 5
- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- This empirical study, published in the leading international journal for cyber security, offers a comprehensive set of countermeasures against crypto-ransomware, a cyber-threat that became particularly prevalent in the past several years. Research results have important practical implications for IT and security managers because the taxonomy provides a blueprint for systematising security measures to protect organisations against crypto-ransomware attacks. This work is particularly noteworthy because data was collected from real victims of ransomware attacks and police officers from cybercrime units who respond to ransomware attacks.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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