v0.8.0

This is the first official public release of Cordyceps, an educational ransomware project built with Rust.

The goal of this release is to provide a stable and well-documented foundation with core encryption, decryption, and exfiltration capabilities. It is intended for academic and research purposes to demonstrate how ransomware mechanics are implemented.

Core Features

• Full Command-Line Interface:
  • encrypt: Recursively finds and encrypts files.
  • decrypt: Restores encrypted files with a private key.
  • generate: Creates a new X25519 key pair.
• Strong Cryptography: Uses AES-256-GCM for file encryption and an ECIES-like scheme for securely handling the encryption keys.
• File Exfiltration: Includes an optional feature to upload encrypted files to a remote server.

Documentation

• Developer Guide: A complete modules.md file is included, offering a walkthrough of the project's architecture and design choices.
• Code Clarity: The source code is commented to explain key components and cryptographic operations.
• Ethical Disclaimer: This release contains a prominent disclaimer emphasizing that Cordyceps is for educational use ONLY.