Author Archives: Yonathan Klijnsma

The story of Cryptowall: a historical analysis of a large scale cryptographic ransomware threat

For almost two years Cryptowall has been making its rounds encrypting the files of victims and extorting them for money in the form of Bitcoins. Following in the footsteps of Cryptolocker Cryptowall has made many victims including law enforcement, large organizations as well as the general public. The presentation will follow