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Research perceptions on ransomware attack: a complete analysis on conventional authentication protocols in network

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Nowadays, Computer Networks and the internet is on the increase due to the precedence that provided by them. An enormous amount of information is accessed and allowed the users to share the information on an incredible scale while connecting the network to the Internet. Even though the internet nature crafts more benefits, still it is posed by the limitations because of the attacks. One of the special types of malicious software (attack) is ransomware also called malware that affects the systems and restricts the user’s access over the system. Further, it files till the payment of ransom. This malware is made by locking the user’s desktop and encrypting the user’s files. This has emerged as a critical threat in network security since each day the raising of ransomware gets abundant. Hence, the prediction of ransomware is considered as the major problem by the researchers and numerous researches are going on over this issue. This survey planned to review the network security models along with the authentication protocol. More importantly, the ransomware attack is also highly concentrated in this survey. Further, the literature analyses on diverse techniques under network security are made. Then the analysis also focused on the algorithms used and is categorized as protocols, authentication algorithms, optimization algorithms, and other techniques. Moreover, this survey demonstrates a detailed review of the cryptographic techniques, attacks, simulation tools and clouds that are exploited in the reviewed papers. Additionally, the chronological review and the performance are reviewed under the network security models. Finally, this paper exploits the research and described the challenges on the network security that can be used further in the future

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Abbreviations

WSN:

Wireless sensor network

GRBC:

Group routing betweenenss centrality

SDS:

Software defined security

NSF:

Network security function

WBAN:

Wireless body area network

SDP:

Semi-definite programming

CJ:

Cooperative jamming

HKP-HD:

Hybrid key predistribution scheme

MSN:

Medical smartphone network

S-SELDRIP:

Secured-selective design relay inquiry protocol

PVM:

Position verification method

MVP:

Message verification and passing

SBTN-TC:

Swarm based trusted node for tampering and cheating attack

CPHS:

Cryptographic puzzle hiding scheme

CSA:

Cuckoo search algorithm

QKD:

Quantum key distribution

QDC:

Quantum dense coding

HWS:

Heavy weight security

BFV:

Bloom filter vector

PID:

Proportional, integral, derivative

MKMP:

Multi-BS key management protocol

MLE:

Maximum likelihood estimation

SCADA:

Supervisory control and data acquisition systems

mMTC:

Massive machine type communication

GLOMONET:

Global mobility network

PANA:

Protocol for carrying authentication for network access

TCABRP:

Trust-based cooperation authentication bit-map routing protocol

WANET:

Wireless ad-hoc network

MA-DAA:

DAA scheme with Mutual Authentication

6LoWPANs:

IPv6 low-power personal area networks

NCUAV:

Network-connected UAV

SERP:

Secure energy-efficient routing protocol

IDS:

Intrusion detection system

ECDSA:

Elliptic curve digital signature algorithm

MoM:

Message observation mechanism

DoS:

Denial of service

MAC:

Message authentication codes

MA:

Matrix-based node capture attack algorithm

RF4CE:

Radio frequency for consumer electronics

MANET:

Mobile ad hoc network

TDOA:

Time difference of arrival

PII:

Personally identifiable information

LoWaNA:

Low-overhead solution

ECC:

Elliptical curve cryptography

PKC:

Public key cryptography

AES:

Advanced encryption standards

DES:

Data encryption standards

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Shemitha, P.A., Dhas, J.P.M. Research perceptions on ransomware attack: a complete analysis on conventional authentication protocols in network. Evol. Intel. 15, 1455–1470 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12065-020-00502-9

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