Application of Explainable Machine Learning in Detecting and Classifying Ransomware Families Based on API Call Analysis. (arXiv:2210.11235v3 [cs.CR] UPDATED)

Ransomware has appeared as one of the major global threats in recent days.
The alarming increasing rate of ransomware attacks and new ransomware variants
intrigue the researchers to constantly examine the distinguishing traits of
ransomware and refine their detection strategies. Application Programming
Interface (API) is a way for one program to collaborate with another; API calls
are the medium by which they communicate. Ransomware uses this strategy to
interact with the OS and makes a significantly higher number of calls …

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