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Re:Hack-petya mission accomplished – Petya ransomware decryptor by taylorbuley on Monday April 11, 2016 @04:53PM (#11475000)
As a security reporter I perceived a large technical gap between the developer of warez and most users, who tend to pay a one time or ongoing license for use of some tool. While a developer of illicit tools may adjust in a future release, typically the user does not have capabilities to patch their own tooling.
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Re:Hack-petya mission accomplished – Petya ransomware decryptor by bediger4000 on Monday April 11, 2016 @09:12PM (#11476501)
Interesting assertion. What have you seen to make you think this?

Also, does it apply to the PHP/Perl world of malware, the kind that gets installed on cracked, old and weak WordPress sites? There's 20 variations of "Web Shell by oRb" floating around, for example, and many, many versions of Perl IRC bots, for example.

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