Crypto Drop looks for tell-tale signs that files are being encrypted
Researchers from the University of Florida and Villanova University reckon ransomware can be stopped by watching what it’s doing to the target’s files. Taking a “save what you can” approach, the authors of this PDF reckon in their tests they were able to lower the boom on ransomware when it had encrypted just 0.2 per cent of files on their test setup.
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ORIGINAL SOURCE: The Register