WannaCrypt Ransomware attack was one of the largest attacks to cyber world. Although it has stopped now, but the damage incurred to computers is still there. We posted solutions on how to keep your PC safe here, which has helped many users. Now, to reverse engineer the process, many security researchers are trying to develop decryptors so that files can be recovered of millions of users.
French security researchers have achieved some success, as they have developed a decryptor. It cannot actually be called as a decryptor, as it calculates the key required to decrypt the files from the memory itself(No brute force). Adrien Guinet says that this tool works for all OSes except Windows 10. However, there is a catch: you must not have restarted your PC after the files have been decrypted, as the tool finds the key from the memory itself.
There are currently two tools available to decrypt the files, WannaKey and WanaKiwi. Both use similar techniques to decrypt the files.
French security researchers have achieved some success, as they have developed a decryptor. It cannot actually be called as a decryptor, as it calculates the key required to decrypt the files from the memory itself(No brute force). Adrien Guinet says that this tool works for all OSes except Windows 10. However, there is a catch: you must not have restarted your PC after the files have been decrypted, as the tool finds the key from the memory itself.
There are currently two tools available to decrypt the files, WannaKey and WanaKiwi. Both use similar techniques to decrypt the files.
You can download wannakiwi from here.
You can use this tool on both Windows XP and Windows 7. Read more about this here.
