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SystemBC (c30929fb-28a1-407c-a1c3-a83374c63267)

SystemBC is a commodity backdoor malware used as a Tor proxy and remote access Trojan (RAT). It was used during the high-profile 2021 Colonial Pipeline DarkSide ransomware attack and has since been used as a persistence & lateral movement tool during other ransomware compromises, including intrusions involving Ryuk, Egregor, and Play.[BlackBerry SystemBC June 10 2021][Sophos SystemBC December 16 2020][WithSecure SystemBC May 10 2021][Trend Micro Play Ransomware September 06 2022] According to Mandiant's 2023 M-Trends report, SystemBC was the second most frequently seen malware family in 2022 after only Cobalt Strike Beacon.[TechRepublic M-Trends 2023]

Malpedia (Research): https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de/details/win.systembc

Malware Bazaar (Samples & IOCs): https://bazaar.abuse.ch/browse/tag/systembc/

PulseDive (IOCs): https://pulsedive.com/threat/SystemBC

Cluster A Galaxy A Cluster B Galaxy B Level
SystemBC (c30929fb-28a1-407c-a1c3-a83374c63267) Tidal Software Play Ransomware Actors (6eb50f82-86cc-4eff-b1d1-66e1c6fd74f3) Tidal Groups 1
SystemBC (c30929fb-28a1-407c-a1c3-a83374c63267) Tidal Software TA577 (28f3dbcc-b248-442f-9ff3-234210bb2f2a) Tidal Groups 1
SystemBC (c30929fb-28a1-407c-a1c3-a83374c63267) Tidal Software Vice Society (2e2d3e75-1160-4ba5-80cc-8e7685fcfc44) Tidal Groups 1
SystemBC (c30929fb-28a1-407c-a1c3-a83374c63267) Tidal Software FIN12 (6d6ed42c-760c-4964-a81e-1d4df06a8800) Tidal Groups 1