Is ransomware still a danger?

 

With the increase in the development of technology, including devices, equipment, artificial intelligence, methods and protection systems around the world, the world has witnessed, on the other hand, a great development of viruses and hacking operations. The ransom virus, for example, has become more sophisticated and more dangerous to computer systems than before. The development of these malicious programs was done in a more professional and accurate manner with the passage of time, to use modern techniques to manipulate the security of networks and systems, as it - the virus - targets computer systems, encrypts user files, and a ransom is requested to be paid in exchange for opening them.With the increase in the development of technology, including devices, equipment, artificial intelligence, methods and protection systems around the world, the world has witnessed, on the other hand, a great development of viruses and hacking operations. The ransom virus, for example, has become more sophisticated and more dangerous to computer systems than before. The development of these malicious programs was done in a more professional and accurate manner with the passage of time, to use modern techniques to manipulate the security of networks and systems, as it - the virus - targets computer systems, encrypts user files, and a ransom is requested to be paid in exchange for opening them.

Ransomware is simply defined as a type of malicious computer program that aims to hijack data or devices and demand a financial ransom in return for access to them. The beginnings of this type of virus go back to 1989 when the virus "HIV Trojan" or "PC Cyborg" was distributed on floppy disks at the "WHO" conference on AIDS, demanding that a sum of money be sent to a mailbox in Panama. At that time, the malicious code did not encrypt the contents of the files as we know them today, but rather encrypted the file names. However, that was enough to terrify, and the virus was intended to raise money to help advance AIDS research, by the biologist who engineered the virus