What is Ransomware?

The biggest concern with ransomware is the rate at which it is adapting to combat security protections. Image: REUTERS/Kacper Pempel
Zubair Baig
Senior Lecturer, Edith Cowan University
Nikolai Hampton
Master of Cyber Security Candidate, Edith Cowan University

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