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Cryptovirology

Known as: Cryptovirus, Cryptovirus group 
Cryptovirology is a field that studies how to use cryptography to design powerful malicious software. The field was born with the observation that… 
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2017
2017
Dynamic ransomware protection using deterministic random bit generator
Ransomware has become a very significant cyber threat. The basic idea of ransomware was presented in the form of a cryptovirus in… 
2017
2017
Ransomware: The CryptoVirus subverting cloud security
Cloud computing presents unlimited prospects for Information Technology (IT) industry and business enterprises alike. Rapid… 
2017
2017
On Ransomware and Envisioning the Enemy of Tomorrow
We warned the public more than 20 years ago that cryptoviral extortion would pose a major threat to users, a threat that has been… 
2016
2016
Special issues of Convergence in Computing Ransomware : A Cyber Extortion Miss
Life as we know it today would be hampered without computers. They controls just about everything from basic communication… 
2016
2016
Cryptoviral Extortion: Evolution, Scenarios, and Analysis
“Cryptography” is a blessing to cyber security. People can store information securely and communicate privately over long… 
Review
2012
Review
2012
A Review Report on Cryptovirology and Cryptography
— Cryptography has traditionally been used for defensive purposes. Ciphers defend against a passive eavesdropper. Public key… 
2006
2006
Chapter 10: An Elliptic Curve Asymmetric Backdoor in OpenSSL RSA Key Generation
In this chapter we present an experimental implementation of an asymmetric backdoor in RSA key generation. The implementation is… 
2005
2005
Building a Cryptovirus Using Microsoft's Cryptographic API
This paper presents the experimental results that were obtained by implementing the payload of a cryptovirus on the Microsoft… 
2003
2003
Non-zero sum games and survivable malware
  • Adam L. Young
  • IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics…
  • 2003
  • Corpus ID: 5122676
There has been much recent work in the area of beneficial mobile agents and malicious mobile agents such as cryptoviruses. We… 
1990
1990
Molecular characterization of alfalfa cryptic virus 1
Alfalfa cryptic virus 1 (ACV1) was purified from alfalfa plant clone (Medicago sativa) and characterized. The genome of ACV 1… 
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