{"id":5286,"date":"2026-04-30T10:24:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T09:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withsecure.com\/en\/?post_type=museum_item&p=5286"},"modified":"2026-05-12T12:50:05","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T11:50:05","slug":"araneomorph","status":"publish","type":"museum_item","link":"https:\/\/www.withsecure.com\/en\/about-us\/museum-of-malware-art\/araneomorph\/","title":{"rendered":"Araneomorph"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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  • Artist<\/strong>Joey Holder<\/li>\n
  • Malware<\/strong>Ransomware<\/li>\n
  • Year <\/strong>2024<\/li>\n
  • Medium<\/strong>3D print, bronze, plywood, camera, LED<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n
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    About the artist<\/span><\/h2>\n

    Joey Holder<\/p>\n

    Artist<\/p>\n

    Joey Holder is an artist who merges ancient symbolism with modern technology. Araneomorph draws parallels between mystical traditions of hidden meaning and the cryptographic algorithms used in ransomware attacks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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    Araneomorph symbolises the encryption process during a ransomware attack. Inspired by puzzle boxes and guarded by a spider-like figure, the sculpture represents how data is concealed and held hostage. At its core lies a sigil\u2014a symbol used in mystical traditions to represent hidden intentions\u2014paralleling how cryptography encodes meaning in complex, unreadable forms.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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