If your view of "security" is unwilling to take sides on who rightfully has standing to have control, then ransomware is merely "security software" protecting the interests of the party who wants their ransom paid.
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Nobody actually believes that, but plenty of folks believe DRM and attestation are "security measures".
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Attestation doesn't imply a security model based on chaining to known intermediate or root certificates. It's not a strong form of verification and as you mention it can be used to implement user hostile features. That's not true of attestation in general though, just that kind.