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Ransomware activities are escalating year after year, with more attacks noted all over the world. Seemingly no one is immune to such threats. Malware authors are continually developing new and sophisticated ransomware variants that can evade detection and employ new techniques to infect more systems.
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Hassan, N.A. (2019). Ransomware Distribution Methods. In: Ransomware Revealed. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-4255-1_2
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