In this episode of The Cybersecurity Defenders Podcast, we discuss some cutting-edge intel coming out of LimaCharlie's community Slack channel.

• A look at a versatile piece of malware that gets categorised as proxy malware, a bot, a backdoor, and even as a RAT, known as SystemBC.
• The AhnLab Security Emergency response Center’s analysis team has published an article outlining their recent discovery that the Ddostf DDoS bot is being installed on vulnerable MySQL servers.
• The notorious ALPHV ransomware group has taken extortion to a new level by filing a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission complaint against one of their alleged victims for not complying with the four-day rule to disclose a cyberattack.
• A new Anti-Sandbox technique LummaC2 v4.0 stealer is using to avoid detonation if no human mouse activity is detected, along with some other techniques being employed such as Control Flow Flattening.

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