SophosEncrypt: Researchers expose new ransomware abusing the Sophos name

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Researchers expose a new ransomware abusing 'Sophos' name
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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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