ITPEC IP October 2020 Question 43
ITPEC IP October 2020 — Question 43 of 100
Ransomware makes files or systems unusable and demands money in exchange for purported restoration or unlocking. It commonly encrypts data or blocks access and then displays payment instructions, exploiting the victim's need to recover operations.
Answer (b)
Why not others:
- stealing stored personal information describes data theft or spyware behavior
- capturing typed characters describes a keylogger
- receiving remote malicious instructions describes a bot or remote-access malware
Key rule: The defining feature of ransomware is coercive denial of access followed by a ransom demand; payment does not guarantee recovery.
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