Detecting ransomware using deep learning and hardware performance counters

• Main Author: Hashil Jugjivan
• Other Authors: Zhang Tianwei
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2025
• Subjects: Computer and Information Science; Ransomware; HPC; Deep learning
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/183928
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Ransomware has emerged as a significant cybersecurity threat, inflicting severe consequences including data loss, operational paralysis, reputational damage, and financial devastation. With global ransomware damages projected to reach $265 billion annually by 2031, organisations and individuals a...