Decrypting Linux/ESXi Akira Ransomware Files Without Paying Ransomware

A cybersecurity researcher has successfully broken the encryption used by the Linux/ESXI variant of the Akira ransomware, enabling data recovery without paying the ransom demand.  The breakthrough exploits a critical weakness in the ransomware’s encryption methodology. According to the researcher, the malware uses the current time in nanoseconds as a seed for its encryption process, […]

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