MUMBAI, India, April 17 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641043579 A) filed by Vellore Institute Of Technology, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, on April 6, for 'pre-encryption ransomware prediction system for mobile devices.'

Inventor(s) include Sujatha R; Varnika. S. L; and Renuka Kumari.

The application for the patent was published on April 17, under issue no. 16/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "Pre-Encryption Ransomware Prediction System for Mobile Devices. The present invention relates to a behaviour-based ransomware prediction system for mobile devices configured to detect early indicators of ransomware activity prior to file encryption or device lock. The system...