Ransomware vs Phishing - What's the difference?
ransomware | phishing |
(computing) Malware that holds the data of a computer user for ransom.
* 2008 , Markus Jakobsson, Zulfikar Ramzan, Crimeware: Understanding New Attacks and Defenses? , p. 375:
(computing, derogatory) Software that is released as open source only in exchange for payment.
(computing) The act of sending email that falsely claims to be from a legitimate organization. This is usually combined with a threat or request for information: for example, that an account will close, a balance is due, or information is missing from an account. The email will ask the recipient to supply confidential information, such as bank account details, PINs or passwords; these details are then used by the owners of the website to conduct fraud.
The act of circumventing security with an alias.
In computing terms the difference between ransomware and phishing
is that ransomware is malware that holds the data of a computer user for ransom while phishing is the act of sending email that falsely claims to be from a legitimate organization. This is usually combined with a threat or request for information: for example, that an account will close, a balance is due, or information is missing from an account. The email will ask the recipient to supply confidential information, such as bank account details, PINs or passwords; these details are then used by the owners of the website to conduct fraud.As a verb phishing is
present participle of lang=en.ransomware
English
Noun
(-)- The amount of money generated by ransomware schemes would appear to be quite small given their lack of popularity and the asking price in ransom notes...