The Vect Ransomware: A Definitive Forensic Recovery Guide
In our recovery lab today at Lockbit Decryptor, we analyzed the newly emerged Vect Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) operation. This group claims to have developed a custom C++ codebase targeting Windows, Linux, and VMware ESXi. Our forensic analysis of their advertised capabilities reveals a heavy reliance on ChaCha20-Poly1305 AEAD encryption and Safe Mode execution to bypass security…