Watch Out! Doxware on the Way...

Moussaileb, Routa; Berti, Charles; Deboisdeffre, Guillaume; Cuppens, Nora; Lanet, Jean-Louis

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-41568-6_18

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“…This work is an extension of the conference paper [35], the main new contributions are the countermeasures explored in Section 6 and the discussion Section 7. More particularly:…”

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Navas

Cuppens

2020

Journal of Information Security and Applications

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Malware remains the number one threat for individuals, enterprises, and governments. Malware's aftermath can cause irreversible casualties if the requirements of the attackers are not met in time. Security researchers' primary objective is protecting the assets that a person/company possesses. They are in a constant battle in this cyberwar facing attackers' malicious intent. To compete in this arms race against security breaches, we propose an insight into plausible attacks, especially Doxware (also called leakware). We present a quantification model that explores the Windows file system in search of valuable data. It is based on the Term Frequency-Inverse Document Frequency (TF-IDF) solution provided in the literature for information retrieval. The highest-ranked files will be then exfiltrated over the Internet to the attacker's server. Then, we studied possible countermeasures including deceptionbased techniques. Amongst the existent ones, we implemented and tested one based on honeypot files and folders to protect users' assets. We conclude by presenting future perspectives in this area with the possible counter-countermeasures that can be used by an attacker to bypass current detection mechanisms. Our approach delivers an observation of the evolution of malware throughout the last years. It enables users to prevent their sensitive information from being exposed to potential risks.

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“…This work is an extension of the conference paper [35], the main new contributions are the countermeasures explored in Section 6 and the discussion Section 7. More particularly:…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Moussaileb

Navas

Cuppens

2020

Journal of Information Security and Applications

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The Age of Ransomware: A Survey on the Evolution, Taxonomy, and Research Directions

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The proliferation of ransomware has become a significant threat to cybersecurity in recent years, causing significant financial, reputational, and operational damage to individuals and organizations. This paper aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the evolution of ransomware, its taxonomy, and its state-of-the-art research contributions. We begin by tracing the origins of ransomware and its evolution over time, highlighting the key milestones and major trends. Next, we propose a taxonomy of ransomware that categorizes different types of ransomware based on their characteristics and behavior. Subsequently, we review the existing research over several years in regard to detection, prevention, mitigation, and prediction techniques. Our extensive analysis, based on more than 150 references, has revealed that significant research, specifically 72.8%, has focused on detecting ransomware. However, a lack of emphasis has been placed on predicting ransomware. Additionally, of the studies focused on ransomware detection, a significant portion, 70%, have utilized machine learning methods. We further discuss the challenges found such as the ones related to obtaining ransomware datasets. In addition, our study uncovers a range of shortcomings in research pertaining to real-time protection and identifying zero-day ransomware. Adversarial machine learning exploitation has been identified as an under-researched area in the field. This survey is a constructive roadmap for researchers interested in ransomware research matters.

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Watch Out! Doxware on the Way...

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The Age of Ransomware: A Survey on the Evolution, Taxonomy, and Research Directions

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