CryptoDefense – The decryption key is on your hard drive

As advertised by the malware authors in the ransom demand, the files were encrypted with an RSA-2048 key generated on the victim’s computer. This was done using Microsoft’s own cryptographic infrastructure and Windows APIs to perform the key generation before sending it back in plain text to the attacker’s server. However, using this method means that the decryption key the attackers are holding for ransom, actually still remains on the infected computer after transmission to the attackers server.

Read more here – http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/04/03/cryptodefense_rsa_private_key_on_disk/

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