diff --git a/monkey/infection_monkey/ransomware/utils.py b/monkey/infection_monkey/ransomware/utils.py
index 8ad1279c7..dde0ff973 100644
--- a/monkey/infection_monkey/ransomware/utils.py
+++ b/monkey/infection_monkey/ransomware/utils.py
@@ -1,16 +1,14 @@
-import os
+from pathlib import Path
 from typing import List
 
 from infection_monkey.ransomware.valid_file_extensions import VALID_FILE_EXTENSIONS_FOR_ENCRYPTION
-from infection_monkey.utils.dir_utils import get_all_files_in_directory
+from infection_monkey.utils.dir_utils import (
+    file_extension_filter,
+    filter_files,
+    get_all_files_in_directory,
+)
 
 
-def get_files_to_encrypt(dir_path: str) -> List[str]:
-    all_files = get_all_files_in_directory(dir_path)
-
-    files_to_encrypt = []
-    for file in all_files:
-        if os.path.splitext(file)[1] in VALID_FILE_EXTENSIONS_FOR_ENCRYPTION:
-            files_to_encrypt.append(file)
-
-    return files_to_encrypt
+def get_files_to_encrypt(dir_path: str) -> List[Path]:
+    all_files = get_all_files_in_directory(Path(dir_path))
+    return filter_files(all_files, file_extension_filter(VALID_FILE_EXTENSIONS_FOR_ENCRYPTION))
diff --git a/monkey/infection_monkey/utils/dir_utils.py b/monkey/infection_monkey/utils/dir_utils.py
index b64e4e13f..23b4408a9 100644
--- a/monkey/infection_monkey/utils/dir_utils.py
+++ b/monkey/infection_monkey/utils/dir_utils.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Callable, List
+from typing import Callable, List, Set
 
 
 def get_all_files_in_directory(dir_path: Path) -> List[Path]:
@@ -8,3 +8,10 @@ def get_all_files_in_directory(dir_path: Path) -> List[Path]:
 
 def filter_files(files: List[Path], file_filter: Callable[[Path], bool]):
     return [f for f in files if file_filter(f)]
+
+
+def file_extension_filter(file_extensions: Set):
+    def inner_filter(f: Path):
+        return f.suffix in file_extensions
+
+    return inner_filter
diff --git a/monkey/tests/unit_tests/infection_monkey/utils/test_dir_utils.py b/monkey/tests/unit_tests/infection_monkey/utils/test_dir_utils.py
index 604efc9cb..ac8312bd8 100644
--- a/monkey/tests/unit_tests/infection_monkey/utils/test_dir_utils.py
+++ b/monkey/tests/unit_tests/infection_monkey/utils/test_dir_utils.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from infection_monkey.utils.dir_utils import (
+    file_extension_filter,
     filter_files,
     get_all_files_in_directory,
 )
@@ -73,3 +74,14 @@ def test_filter_files__all_true(tmp_path):
     filtered_files = filter_files(files_in_dir, lambda _: True)
 
     assert sorted(filtered_files) == expected_return_value
+
+
+def test_file_extension_filter(tmp_path):
+    valid_extensions = {".zip", ".tar"}
+
+    files = add_files_to_dir(tmp_path)
+
+    files_in_dir = get_all_files_in_directory(tmp_path)
+    filtered_files = filter_files(files_in_dir, file_extension_filter(valid_extensions))
+
+    assert files[0:1] == filtered_files