2 papers
cs.GT2023
Game Theoretic Modelling of a Ransom and Extortion Attack on Ethereum Validators
Alpesh Bhudia, Anna Cartwright, Edward Cartwright +2
Consensus algorithms facilitate agreement on and resolution of blockchain functions, such as smart contracts and transactions. Ethereum uses a Proof-of-Stake (PoS) consensus mechan…
cs.CR2017
Economic Analysis of Ransomware
Julio Hernandez-Castro, Edward Cartwright, Anna Stepanova
We present in this work an economic analysis of ransomware, with relevant data from Cryptolocker, CryptoWall, TeslaCrypt and other major strands. We include a detailed study of the…