ransomware

See also: Ransomware

English

Etymology

From ransom +‎ -ware.

Noun

ransomware (uncountable)

1. (computing) Malware that holds the data of a computer user for ransom, usually requiring or claiming to require payment to restore access.

   Hypernym: malware

   Hyponyms: cryptolocker, cryptovirus

   • 2008, Markus Jakobsson, Zulfikar Ramzan, Crimeware: Understanding New Attacks and Defenses, p. 375:

     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 […]

   • 2020 July 24, Mark Sweney, “Smartwatch maker Garmin hit by outages after ransomware attack”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     Garmin has been forced to shut down its call centres, website and some other online services after a ransomware attack encrypted the smartwatch maker’s internal network and some production systems.

2. (computing, derogatory) Software that is released as open source only in exchange for payment.
   • 2013, Mano Paul, Official (ISC)2 Guide to the CSSLP CBK, Second Edition, page 622:

     [I]n some situations, the source code of COTS may be escrowed and released under a free software or open source license when the original developer (or supplier) no longer continues to develop that software or if stipulated fundraising conditions are met. This model is referred to as the ransom model of software publishing and the software is known as ransomware.

Translations

malware

• Armenian: դրամաշորթ ծրագիր (dramašortʻ cragir)
• Bulgarian: софтуер за изнудване m (softuer za iznudvane), рансъмуер m (ransǎmuer)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 勒索軟體／勒索软体 (lèsuǒ ruǎntǐ), 勒索软体 (lèsuǒ ruǎntǐ)

• Czech: ransomware (cs) m, vyděračský program m
• Dutch: gijzelsoftware (nl) m, ransomware (nl) m
• Estonian: lunavara
• Finnish: kiristysohjelma
• French: rançongiciel (fr) m, logiciel rançonneur (fr) m, logiciel de rançon (fr) m, logiciel d’extorsion (fr) m
• German: Ransomware (de) f, Erpressungssoftware f, Erpressungstrojaner m, Lösegeld-Trojaner m, Lösegeld-Software f
• Greek: λυτρισμικό (el) n (lytrismikó)
• Hungarian: zsarolóprogram (hu), zsarolóvírus
• Indonesian: perangkat pemeras
• Japanese: ランサムウェア (ransamuwea)
• Korean: 랜섬웨어 (raenseomweeo)
• Latvian: izspiedējprogrammatūra f, izspiedējvīruss m, izspiešanas ļaunprogrammatūra f
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• Macedonian: уценувачки софтвер m (ucenuvački softver)
• Malay: perisian tebusan
• Norwegian: utpressingsvare f, utpressingsprogramvare f
• Polish: oprogramowanie szantażujące n, oprogramowanie wymuszające okup n, ransomware (pl) m
• Russian: програ́мма-вымога́тель f (prográmma-vymogátelʹ), програ́мма-шантажи́ст f (prográmma-šantažíst)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: уцењивачки софтвер m / уцјењивачки софтвер m, ренсомвер m

  Roman: ucenjivački softver m / ucjenjivački softver (sh) m, rensomver (sh) m

• Slovak: ransomvér (sk) m, vydieračský softvér m, vydieračský program m
• Slovene: izsiljevalsko programje n, izsiljevalski program m, izsiljevalska programska oprema f
• Swedish: utpressningsprogram n, utpressningsprogramvara c, utpressningstrojan
• Turkish: fidye yazılımı, şantaj yazılımı
• Turkmen: şantažçy programma
• Ukrainian: програма-вимагач f (prohrama-vymahač), програма-шантажист f (prohrama-šantažyst)
• Uzbek: tovlamachi dastur
• Vietnamese: phần mềm tống tiền

Further reading

• ransomware on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from English ransomware.

Noun

1. (computing) ransomware

Synonyms

• vyděračský program
• vyděračský software

Further reading

• ransomware on the Czech Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^cs

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English ransomware.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛn.səmˌʋɛːr/, [ˈɹɛn.səmˌwɛːɹ]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: ran‧som‧ware

Noun

ransomware m (uncountable)

1. ransomware

   Synonym: gijzelsoftware

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Spanish

Noun

ransomware m (uncountable)

1. ransomware