Effects of Malware and Ransomware in Ship's Information System

Running head: MALWARE AND RANSOM WARE EFFECTS
EFFECTS OF RANSOM WARE AND MALWARE IN SHIP’S INFORMATION SYSTEM
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Executive Summary
The research proposal is associated with the effects of the malwares and ransom wares in the
information and navigation system of the on board ships. The malware and ransom wares key
research areas have been discussed and the current research challenges in this particular field
have also been stated in the research proposal.

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Background of the topic...................................................................................................................3
Literature review..............................................................................................................................4
Malware and ransom ware attack causes and effects in on-board ships (key research areas).....4
Effects and solutions....................................................................................................................6
Current research challenges.............................................................................................................7
Real cyber-attack in on board ship..................................................................................................8
Methodologies used.........................................................................................................................8
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................9
References......................................................................................................................................10

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Introduction
The ransom ware and malware has become one of the most devastating attacks in the
modern day information technology field and this has also created some severe affects in various
industries and organizations. The invasion of the malwares and ransom wares have been known
to the IT industry, and it is also known that these attacks are mainly focused on the various
websites and software applications of a particular type of organization, however, in recent times
the attacks of the malware and ransom wares has started affecting various other fields including
the ships and vessels and their on board navigation and information systems. The report
emphasizes on the various malwares and ransom wares that can affect the on board ships and
vessels and how the navigation and information systems of those ships are affected and damaged
by the malwares. The malwares and ransom wares are generally spread through the internet and
also via various attachments and files (Kim and Kim 2015). The navigation and information
system in a ship is a very important aspect which if disabled may cause the loss of direction of
the ship and in many cases, may cause the ship to sink. Thus this report signifies the various
causes and effects of the malwares and ransom wares with respect to affects in ships and vessels
and also the current research challenges in the respective field of malware attacks.
Background of the topic
The malware can be defined as an unethical and malicious software that is designed by
some unethical personal in order to affect and damage or disrupt the services of a particular
organization. The malwares include various kinds of worms, viruses and spyware which gets into
the victim’s computer and stops the normal functioning of the softwares and hardware and also
in many cases damages some part of the system (Brewer 2016). The ransom ware on the other