CISA, FBI recovery tool no match for updated ESXiArgs ransomware encryption

Malwarebytes researchers noted that vulnerable VMware ESXi virtual machines impacted with the updated ESXiArgs ransomware could not be decrypted with the data recovery script issued by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, which could not keep pace with the extent of data encrypted by the new ransomware variant, reports The Register.

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