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Sophos Reports On How SystemBC Has Developed Into An Off-The-Shelf Tor Backdoor Used By .
Sophos Ltd.December 16, 2020 GMT
OXFORD, United Kingdom, Dec. 16, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Sophos, a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity, today published new research into the SystemBC malware, “ Ransomware operators use SystemBC RAT as off-the-shelf Tor backdoor.” The research shows how SystemBC has developed into a fully-fledged remote access tool that acts as a Tor proxy and is being used in ransomware-as-a-service attacks for communications, data exfiltration and the download and execution of malicious modules.