Rise of Ransomware
Cards (14)
- ransomware is a type of malware or malicious software that gains unauthorized access to an organization's critical data, and hold the data or device hostage until ransom is paid
- hacktivists are a group of cyber criminals who carry out cyber activities that align with their political or ideological views
- novice hackers
- newbies who re use existing code/scripts
- low skilled
- relies on tool kits
- curiosity
- notoriety
- recreation
- cyberpunks
- enjoy causing havoc for fun
- low to medium skilled
- financial
- notoriety
- revenge
- recreation
- insiders
- disgruntled current or ex employee who abuse their access
- financial
- revenge
- ideology
- old guards
- no malice but don't necessarily have regard for personal privacy
- includes white hats, sneakers, grey hats
- curiosity
- notoriety
- ideology
- recreation
- professionals
- further criminal activities
- extremely skilled
- includes black hats, criminal
- organized criminals
- info brokers
- financial
- revenge
- hacktivist
- further political agenda
- medium to extremely skilled
- ideology
- notoriety
- revenge
- recreation
- nation states hacker
- aims to destabilize, disrupt, destroy systems and networks of a nation/government
- extremely skilled
- highly trained
- cyber terrorists, info warriors, state actors
- financial
- revenge
- ideology
- student hacker
- no malice but hacks to gain knowledge
- low skilled
- curiosity
- petty thieves hacker
- scammers who have moved their activities online
- low to medium skilled
- includes extortionists, scammers, fraudsters, digital thieves
- financial
- revenge
- digital pirates hacker
- copyright infringers
- illegal copy, distribution, or sales of copyright material
- financial
- online sex offenders hacker
- cyber predators
- sexual impulses
- crowd sourcers hackers
- joins forces or pools skills to develop new malware, manage bots
- notoriety
- revenge
- ideology