Le rançongiciel est un type de logiciel malveillant qui a gagné en popularité au cours des dernières années. Cependant, sa popularité ne vient pas de son appréciation sociale, mais davantage de la menace importante qu’il représente, particulièrement pour les utilisateurs d’ordinateurs portables sous Windows. En effet, un rançongiciel est conçu pour crypter ou même bloquer …
Ransomware is a type of malware that has grown in popularity over the past few years. However, its popularity does not come from its social appreciation but more from its significant threat, particularly to Windows users. Ransomware is designed to encrypt or outright block access to data on the victim’s computer. This malware can take …
For the past few years, ransomware has been one of the fastest-growing cybercrimes. The current trend is that organizations such as businesses, universities, hospitals and even municipalities are becoming the primary targets, whereas regular citizens are, to a lesser extent, being hit. Because of ransomware success, ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) has grown in popularity. RaaS is available …
Au cours des dernières années, les rançongiciels ont été l’une des cybermenaces les plus largement répandues. La tendance actuelle montre que les organisations telles que les entreprises, les universités, les hôpitaux et même les municipalités deviennent les cibles principales, tandis que les citoyens ordinaires sont touchés dans une moindre mesure. En raison du succès des …
Mahreen Naisir, Fahan Mahmood and Vipul Malhortra from the University of Windsor presented their analysis of data from the Statistics Canada Cybercrime Survey at our 2019 Workshop in Ottawa. This was as part of a competition aiming to better align recent evidence and statistics with best practices for business. Participants thoroughly examined the data from …
In recent years, crypto-ransomware attacks have been on the rise. This form of malware scrambles valuable data with virtually unbreakable encryption and does not release it until a ransom is paid. This is a significant shift from early variants of ransomware and it has increased the impact of ransomware and the overall seriousness of the …
Les cyberattaques continuent d’évoluer, devenant une menace croissante pour les systèmes informatiques du monde entier. En 2018, près de 21 % des entreprises canadiennes ont été touchées par un incident de cybersécurité. Parmi celles-ci, 8 % ont déclaré avoir été victimes de rançongiciel (Statistique Canada, 2018). Les rançongiciels constituent l’une des menaces les plus dangereuses …
Cyber-attacks continue to evolve as they become an increasing concern for computer systems across the world. In 2018, almost 21% of Canadian businesses have been impacted by a cybersecurity incident. Among them, 8% have declared being victims of ransomware[1]. Ransomware is one of the most dangerous cyber-crime threats to individual users and enterprises. According to …
Presented at the SERENE-RISC Workshop – 2016 Spring The cyber-attacks targeting individuals and businesses worldwide continue to grow and wreak havoc. But one particular threat type clearly stands out from everything else we see today or had faced before. The file-encrypting ransomware has taken its victims by storm recently. It’s dominating the current threat landscape …
Mathieu Lavoie has a B.Eng. from the École de Technologie Supérieure (E.T.S.). He is a pentester and previously worked as a malware researcher at ESET as well as a computer security freelancer. During his free time, Mathieu is an avid participant of CTFs where he developed a deep love-hate relationship with Crypto Challenges or …