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Researchers expose a new ransomware abusing 'Sophos' name
The executable uses 'Sophos' in the ransom notice and the '.sophos' extension for encrypted files
Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) called 'SophosEncrypt' that has been disguising itself as the well-known cybersecurity provider Sophos, thus masking it...
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