MidLand, Jakarta – In short words, ransomware it is a crime in the digital and technological world where hackers will send malware to your computing device.
Generally, the goal of this ransomware crime is to ask the victim for a ransom to recover their device. When you can’t pay, you won’t be able to access your device.
This is in line with the official statement from the Ministry of Finance (Kemenkeu) website where ransomware activity is also linked to financial crimes based on its objectives. Below is an explanation of what ransomware is and its types.
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Quoting from the Microsoft.com website, ransomware is a type of virus or malicious program commonly known as malware. Malware is malicious softwarea virus that can crash your computer by blocking all access to your system and data.
Usually asks the perpetrator of this crime ransom enough to allow access to the victim again. These digital criminals will target broader targets, such as certain organizations or certain individuals who have quite high financial circumstances.
To take over your device, they need access to a larger network with sophisticated devices and a lot of capital.
Especially if the target is a large company, then you need skills and capital to enter the network that the company uses tools Sophisticated tools for accessing internal financial documents and other critical documents.
This is in line with what the National Cyber and Crypto Agency (BSSN) wrote on its official website, where is the crime? malware which attacks the victim’s computing device by blocking access and then demanding a ransom to open the encrypted files.
The impact of ransomware is that victims are at risk of losing their personal data if they are unable to provide ransom to the perpetrators of this crime. Another impact is that the virus stored on your device will infest the entire system of the device paralyzing and damaging it completely.
Types of ransomware
Here are the types of ransomware among others leakware, lockers, encryption, non-encryption AND mobile ransomware.
1. Losses
Another term for leakware is doxware, in which offenders commit a crime by collecting the victim’s personal data and then threatening to leak it if the victim does not follow the offender’s request.
2. Cabinet
Unlike leakware, this type of locker virus does not lock important data, but blocks the user’s access to the device so that the device cannot be accessed as usual.
Even at a certain level, par pirate can control external devices such as mice and keyboards. Generally a type of crime locker carried out before the leakware crime.
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Therefore, these digital criminals will block access to devices with the threat of ransom. If the victim does not follow her request, the perpetrator will commit other crimes such as leakware.
3. Encryption
System virus encryption almost the same as leakware where viruses spread by hackers encrypt certain data.
Access and server key commands are exchanged by the attackers so that they can destroy all the files on the device.
The biggest impact is that the virus can delete itself and take your data with it so all files and data on your computer can potentially be lost.
4. Not encrypted
A criminal mode that uses viruses not encrypted starting by blocking access to the computer system but without encrypting files and documents.
After that, the criminal will ask the victim for a ransom to open the encryption via threat actor who gives instructions. Generally threat actor will provide a telephone number to communicate with the victim.
5. Mobile Ransomware
Guy ransomware the last one is mobile ransomware. This last type of virus is more contemporary because it refers to devices used every day such as smartphones and tablets.
Pirate it will restrict the device owner when using a smartphone or other gadget and then provide a message on how to return the victim’s device to normal.
This is the information about what ransomware is and its types. I hope it is useful.
HERZANINDYA MAULIANTI
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