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Intermittent Encryption

A ransomware technique that encrypts files in chunks with gaps between encrypted regions, dramatically increasing encryption speed while still rendering files unusable.

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How Ransomware Encryption Works: From File Targeting to Key Management

A technical deep-dive into ransomware encryption mechanisms including symmetric and asymmetric cryptography, file targeting strategies, and why modern ransomware is so difficult to decrypt.

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