Privacy and Security Cryptovirology: The Birth, Neglect, and Explosion of Ransomware: Recent attacks exploiting a known vulnerability continue a downward spiral of ransomware-related incidents.

The article discusses problems with vulnerability to ransomware in relation to the concept of cryptovirology. Topics include the authors' book "Malicious Cryptography: Exposing Cryptovirology," the relation of cryptovirology to both malware and cryptography, and news coverage of ransomware attacks such as the May 2017 ransomware program WannaCry.