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Sophos Warns of Rising QEMU Abuse as Hackers Hide Malware in Virtual Machines

Sophos has identified a surge in cyberattacks leveraging QEMU, an open-source virtualization tool, to conceal malicious activity inside virtual machines (VMs)—a tactic that allows threat actors to bypass traditional endpoint security defenses. QEMU, widely used for emulation and virtualization, is increasingly being exploited as a stealth environment where attackers can run tools, exfiltrate data, and […]