Detection of Ransomware

Buchanan, Bill; McLaren, Peter; Russell, Gordon; Tan, Zhiyuan

Abstract

The present invention relates to a computer program product, a computing device and a method of detecting a file encrypted by ransomware by identifying a file write operation for a file on the computing device and determining if a predetermined number of bytes of the file is stored in a memory buffer on the computing device. An entropy value of the predetermined number of bytes in the memory buffer is determined and compared to a first predetermined threshold, wherein if the determined entropy value exceeds the first predetermined threshold the file associated with the file write operation is flagged as being potentially encrypted by ransomware.

Citation

Buchanan, B., McLaren, P., Russell, G., & Tan, Z. (2024). Detection of Ransomware. US20240152616A1

• Online Publication Date: May 9, 2024
• Publication Date: May 9, 2024
• Deposit Date: May 21, 2024
• Keywords: ransomware, encryption, detection
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/3646765