Current Ransomware Threats

Ransomware continues to be a grave security threat to both organizations and individual users. The increased sophistication in ransomware design provides enhanced accessibility and distribution ca-pabilities that enable attackers of all types to employ this malicious tool. This report discusses ran-somware, including an explanation of its design, distribution, execution, and business model. Ad-ditionally, the report provides a detailed discussion of encryption methods and runtime activities, as well as indicators that are useful in their detection and mitigation.