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DOI: 10.14569/IJACSA.2020.0110262
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Ransomware Behavior Attack Construction via Graph Theory Approach

Author 1: Muhammad Safwan Rosli
Author 2: Raihana Syahirah Abdullah
Author 3: Warusia Yassin
Author 4: Faizal M.A
Author 5: Wan Nur Fatihah Wan Mohd Zaki

International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications(IJACSA), Volume 11 Issue 2, 2020.

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Abstract: Ransomware has becoming a current trend of cyberattack where its reputation among malware that cause a massive amount recovery in terms of cost and time for ransomware victims. Previous studies and solutions have showed that when it comes to malware detection, malware behavior need to be prioritized and analyzed in order to recognize malware attack pattern. Although the current state-of-art solutions and frameworks used dynamic analysis approach such as machine learning that provide more impact rather than static approach, but there is not any approachable way in representing the analysis especially a detection that relies on malware behavior. Therefore, this paper proposed a graph theory approach which is analysis of the ransomware behavior that can be visualized into graph-based pattern. An experiment has been conducted with ten ransomware samples for malware analysis and verified using VirusTotal. Then, file system among features were selected in the experiment as a medium to understand the behavior of ransomware using data capturing tools. After that, the result of the analysis was visualized in a graph pattern based on Neo4j which is graph database tool. By using graph as a base, the discussion has been made to recognize each type of ransomware that acts differently in the file system and analyze which node that have the most impact during analysis part.

Keywords: Ransomware; behavior analysis; graph theory; file activity system; Neo4j

Muhammad Safwan Rosli, Raihana Syahirah Abdullah, Warusia Yassin, Faizal M.A and Wan Nur Fatihah Wan Mohd Zaki, “Ransomware Behavior Attack Construction via Graph Theory Approach” International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications(IJACSA), 11(2), 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2020.0110262

@article{Rosli2020,
title = {Ransomware Behavior Attack Construction via Graph Theory Approach},
journal = {International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications},
doi = {10.14569/IJACSA.2020.0110262},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2020.0110262},
year = {2020},
publisher = {The Science and Information Organization},
volume = {11},
number = {2},
author = {Muhammad Safwan Rosli and Raihana Syahirah Abdullah and Warusia Yassin and Faizal M.A and Wan Nur Fatihah Wan Mohd Zaki}
}



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