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BurnsRAT is malware that allows cybercriminals to access the infected computer remotely. This type of malware is known as a Remote Administration Trojan. Threat actors were observed using BurnsRAT as a tool to deploy other malicious software. If BurnsRAT is present in the system, it should be elim
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MAGA is ransomware from the Dharma family. It is designed to encrypt files, display a ransom note in a pop-up message (and create another ransom note as a text file, "MAGA_info.txt"), and rename files. Our team discovered MAGA during examination of malware samples submitted to VirusTotal. MAGA re
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