Ransomware 2.0: An emerging threat to national security

Authors

Mohiuddin Ahmed, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow
Sascha Dominik Dov Bachmann
Abu Barkat Ullah
Shaun Barnett, Edith Cowan University

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Title

Australian Journal of Defence and Strategic Studies

ISSN

2652-3728

Volume

4

Issue

1

First Page

125

Last Page

132

Publisher

Australian Government Defence

School

ECU Security Research Institute / School of Science

RAS ID

45231

Comments

Ahmed, M., Bachmann, S.D., Ullah A.B. & Barnett, S. (2022). Ransomware 2.0: An emerging threat to national security. Australian Journal of Defence and Strategic Studies 4(1), 125–132.

https://defence.gov.au/ADC/Publications/AJDSS/Volume4-number1/ransomware2-0.asp

Abstract

The global Covid-19 pandemic has seen the rapid evolution of our traditional working environment; more people are working from home and the number of online meetings has increased. This trend has also affected the security sector. Consequently, the evolution of ransomware to what is now being described as ‘Ransomware 2.0’ has governments, businesses and individuals alike rushing to secure their data.

DOI

10.51174/AJDSS.0401/EMQH2521

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