01-13-2019, 08:35 PM
Jase, you might consider consulting with your local law enforcement. They often have access to tools to help you narrow down the variant and might be able to tell you more about how this particular variant selects VeraCrypt passphrases or other details. Otherwise, you're really shooting in the dark. Any smart ransomware operator isn't going to pick a crackable password, but there may be known weaknesses in that variant that can be exploited.
If cracking does end up being feasible ... with stuff like ransomware, you don't want to go halfway. I'd get K a l i out of the equation entirely, and work instead from a dedicated OS install of a fully supported OS (full Ubuntu or modern Windows would be fine choices).
If cracking does end up being feasible ... with stuff like ransomware, you don't want to go halfway. I'd get K a l i out of the equation entirely, and work instead from a dedicated OS install of a fully supported OS (full Ubuntu or modern Windows would be fine choices).
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