Cybersecurity

What is Ransomware?

An illustration picture shows a projection of binary code on a man holding a laptop computer, in an office in Warsaw June 24, 2013. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel (POLAND - Tags: BUSINESS TELECOMS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - RTX10ZB5

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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