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  1. The #SophosMDR team also discovered cases where threat actors targeting #PaperCut were abusing the bitsadmin.exe Windows application to download payloads. #BITSAdmin is commonly abused by active adversaries as a "living off the land binary" or #LOLbin, handy for accomplishing the task of downloading payloads.

    The tools exploited in the attacks have included what we refer to as “dual-use agents,” used both legitimately by IT staff and maliciously by attackers. At the time of writing, Sophos has observed the abuse of #AnyDesk, #Atera, #Synchro, #TightVNC, #NetSupport, and #DWAgent remote management tools across multiple campaigns.

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