Cryptovirology: extortion-based security threats and countermeasures (original) (raw)

Proceedings 1996 IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy, 1996

Abstract

Traditionally, cryptography and its applications aredefensive in nature, and provide privacy, authentication,and security to users. In this paper we present theidea of Cryptovirology which employs a twist on cryptography,showing that it can also be used offensively.By being offensive we mean that it can be used tomount extortion based attacks that cause loss of accessto information, loss of confidentiality, and informationleakage, tasks which cryptography typically prevents.In this...

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