• A Netnographic Study on the Dark Net Ecosystem for Ransomware 

      Bayoumy, Yara; Meland, Per Håkon; Sindre, Guttorm (Chapter, 2018)
      For more than a decade, businesses and private citizens alike have been tormented by an online phenomenon that has changed our stance on cyber security. Ransomware, malicious software that demands payment in exchange for ...
    • Cybercrime Economy - A Netnographic Study on the Dark Net Ecosystem for Ransomware 

      Bayoumy, Yara (Master thesis, 2018)
      Black hat hackers are far more shrewd than the public's stereotypical perception of them. They are no longer script kiddies who are trying to impress their social circles, but skilled businessmen with the general aim to ...
    • The Ransomware-as-a-Service economy within the darknet 

      Meland, Per Håkon; Bayoumy, Yara; Sindre, Guttorm (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Ransomware is an epidemic that adversely affects the lives of both individuals and large companies, where criminals demand payments to release infected digital assets. In the wake of the ransomware success, Ransomware-as-a-Service ...