Vibe-Coded 'Sicarii' Ransomware Can't Be Decrypted (www.darkreading.com)

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/42319193

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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[-] Vex_Detrause@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago

Click Here podcast reported the oldest company in Europe, got hit by ransomware, paid but couldn't even use the decrypted data.

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