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Vibe-Coded 'Sicarii' Ransomware Can't Be Decrypted (www.darkreading.com)
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Regarding Sicarii's broken decryption process, researchers said that "during execution, the malware regenerates a new RSA key pair locally, uses the newly generated key material for encryption, and then discards the private key."

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[-] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 39 points 3 months ago

Like a virus that kills the host, it won't spread as well and should die out faster than other types of maleware.

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