• Smart Media Journal
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• v.8 no.1
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• pp.27-34
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• 2019

Ransomware is a malicious program code evolved into various forms of attack. Unlike traditional Ransomware that is being spread out using email attachments or infected websites, a new type of Ransomware, such as WannaCryptor, may corrupt files just for being connected to the Internet. Due to global Ransomware damage, there are many studies conducted to detect and defense Ransomware. However, existing research on Ransomware detection only uses Ransomware signature database or monitors specific behavior of process. Additionally, existing Ransomware detection methods hardly detect and defense a new Ransomware that behaves differently from the traditional ones. In this paper, we propose a method to detect Ransomware by arranging decoy files and analyzing the method how Ransomware accesses and operates files in the file system. Also, we conduct experiments using proposed method and provide the results of detection and defense of Ransomware in this paper.

• Convergence Security Journal
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• v.23 no.2
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• pp.27-36
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• 2023

In recent years, ransomware attacks have become more organized and specialized, with the sophistication of attacks targeting specific individuals or organizations using tactics such as social engineering, spear phishing, and even machine learning, some operating as business models. In order to effectively respond to this, various researches and solutions are being developed and operated to detect and prevent attacks before they cause serious damage. In particular, honeypots can be used to minimize the risk of attack on IT systems and networks, as well as act as an early warning and advanced security monitoring tool, but in cases where ransomware does not have priority access to the decoy file, or bypasses it completely. has a disadvantage that effective ransomware response is limited. In this paper, this honeypot is optimized for the user environment to create a reliable real-time dynamic honeypot file, minimizing the possibility of an attacker bypassing the honeypot, and increasing the detection rate by preventing the attacker from recognizing that it is a honeypot file. To this end, four models, including a basic data collection model for dynamic honeypot generation, were designed (basic data collection model / user-defined model / sample statistical model / experience accumulation model), and their validity was verified.