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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
Implementation of Secure-key Establishment and Generation using Elliptic Curve Cryptographic Protocols
In the last couple of years, we have witnessed rapid advances in information and communication technology (ICT) that has resulted… 
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
Mail-Server Unleashed
Hodiernal Cryptovirology is rooted on cryptographic based algorithms and mathematical functions. Ccryptographic algorithms are… 
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… 
2006
2006
Chapter 8: An Implementation of Tagged Private Information Retrieval
In this chapter we present an experimental implementation of the tagged private information retrieval protocol (TPIR). Informally… 
2006
2006
Chapter 4: Implementing Perfect Questionable Encryptions
The notion of a questionable encryption scheme was first put forth in Malicious Cryptography [10]. In this chapter we present an… 
2006
2006
Cryptographic and Computational Challenges in Grid Computing
A computational grid is a large-scale distributed computing environment capable of providing dependable, consistent, pervasive… 
2006
2006
Malware--future trends
1. Intro 2. Scope 3. Author's comments 4. The current state of the malware threat-Where the metrics are!-Use and abuse of malware… 
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…