Ransom Warriors

Inspiration:

We were frustrated by how websites made it harder to understand what exactly ransomware does.

What it does:

Shares information in bite-sized pieces for less technically-inclined audiences. We also included a video demonstration using a ransomware simulator to show ransomware in action.

How we built it:

We used React to build the website, Shino Locker to simulate the ransomware, and Kaltura to record the demonstration

Challenges we ran into:

Building the four buttons. We initially tried CSS, but struggled to get the buttons to line up so we switched to React. Initially, we had a hard time trying to simulate ransomware in a safe environment for the purposes of the demonstration. We did eventually find one that was deemed safe. When trying to do the demonstration video, Windows Defender kept deleting Shino Locker as designed and we had to use it on another laptop. Translating technical terminology into easier to understand terminology required some heavy cuts. Last challenge was getting the website up and running on the domain which we were unsuccessful in with the allotted time we had.

Accomplishments that we're proud of:

We built a really nice looking website from scratch, made the buttons look really intuitive while keeping the website simple. We managed to condense a lot of technical jargon in less than a full page on Microsoft Word.

What we learned:

Real ransomware that you can create was scarily easy to find,

What's next for Ransom Warriors:

We would love to add a section for user submissions about specific types of ransomware with specific requirements for the submission to keep content simple.

Built With

• domain
• github
• mongodb
• react