Abstract
From spyware to ransomware to leakware, the world is on the verge of getting struck by a myriad of advanced attacks. Security researchers’ main objective is protecting the assets that a person/company possesses. They are in a constant battle in this cyber war facing attackers’ malicious intents. To compete in this arm race against security breaches, we propose an insight into plausible attacks especially Doxware (called also leakware). We present a quantification model that explores Windows file system in search of valuable data. It is based on some solutions provided in the literature for natural language processing such as term frequency-inverse document frequency (TF-IDF). The best top 15 file “contestants” will be then exfiltrated over the Internet to the attacker’s server. Our approach delivers an observation of the evolution of malware throughout the last years. It enables users to prevent their sensitive information being exposed to potential risks.
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Moussaileb, R., Berti, C., Deboisdeffre, G., Cuppens, N., Lanet, JL. (2020). Watch Out! Doxware on the Way.... In: Kallel, S., Cuppens, F., Cuppens-Boulahia, N., Hadj Kacem, A. (eds) Risks and Security of Internet and Systems. CRiSIS 2019. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 12026. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-41568-6_18
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