Sophos has published new research, “LockFile Ransomware’s Box of Tricks: Intermittent Encryption and Evasion,” that reveals how the operators behind LockFile ransomware encrypt alternate bundles of 16 bytes in a document to evade detection. According [c]
Tomorrow Unlocked, Kaspersky’s documentary production unit, has released the latest episode of its hacker:HUNTER series ‘Emotet vs The World Police’. The film reveals the details of an international operation, which resulted in the takedown of [c]
Sophos has published the “State of Ransomware in Retail,” report which looks at the extent and impact of ransomware attacks on mid-sized retail organizations worldwide during 2020. The results show how retail organizations became a [c]
Consumers are increasingly concerned about their online security and imminent attacks according to a new Sophos Home survey, “The State of Consumer Home Cybersecurity 2021”. Forty-five percent of consumers say they’re more at risk of being [c]
By Ian Thomas Disrupting operations at manufacturing plants is a potentially lucrative path for threat actors specializing in ransomware. This article discusses the current state of ransomware in the manufacturing sector by focusing on the [c]
With digital transformation a top priority on the corporate agenda as companies identify new ways to grow their business, cyber attackers and opportunist cybercriminals remain very active. And although Africa is not necessarily considered a [c]
INTERPOL Secretary General Jürgen Stock has called for police agencies worldwide to form a global coalition with industry partners to prevent a potential ransomware pandemic. Speaking at the INTERPOL High-Level Forum on Ransomware (held on [c]
Sophos has published the “Sophos State of Ransomware in Education 2021,” which looks at the extent and impact of ransomware attacks on educational institutions worldwide during 2020. In the wake of headline grabbing ransomware attacks [c]
With evolving threats, technology and the pandemic shifting the foundations of police work, senior police officials worldwide have endorsed measures to boost the role of National Central Bureaus (NCBs) as a gateway between INTERPOL and [c]
Sophos researchers recently unearthed a supply chain attack that uses Kaseya to deploy a variant of the REvil ransomware into a victim’s environment. The attack is geographically dispersed with organizations running Kaseya VSA potentially impacted. [c]
As targeted ransomware continues to haunt businesses all over the globe, one can’t help but look deeper into the operations of particular ransomware gangs. This helps to better understand them and develop more advanced protection [c]
Ransomware is on the tip of everyone’s tongue every time businesses discuss cyberthreats they are likely to face in 2021. Attackers have built their brands and are bold in their advances like never before, with the [c]
About 40% of ransomware victims in the Africa, Middle East and Turkey (META) region paid the ransom to restore access to their data last year, according to a global study of 15,000 consumers conducted by [c]
Following the reporting of the Microsoft Exchange vulnerabilities and the out-of-band release of security patches on March 2, 2021, security researchers have started to identify other adversaries beyond Hafnium exploiting these bugs to launch attacks. One [c]
The discovery will make it significantly harder for adversaries to use memory as a defense evasion technique. The memory region of a hacked computer is a popular hiding place for malware because security scans don’t [c]
There’s every indication that the pandemic is changing the nature of cybersecurity. Online threats are evolving to match our new remote-work paradigm, with 91% of businesses reporting an increase in cyberattacks during the coronavirus outbreak. Hackers are [c]
Sophos plans to provide Sophos Intercept X endpoint protection for 5G PCs powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon compute platforms from Qualcomm Technologies. The combination of Sophos Intercept X with Snapdragon compute platforms will provide users next-generation [c]
In a new three-part series of articles, Sophos researchers and incident responders unveil what really happens when attackers break into an organization’s network with the intention of stealing data and launching a Conti ransomware attack. [c]
Telehealth has skyrocketed in use because of the pandemic, and therefore any cybersecurity issues that come up are not just data-related – they’re patient-safety issues. Because telemedicine technology has been adapted so quickly, it’s made [c]
By Fady Younes 2020 was a turbulent year as the world grappled to cope with the impact of COVID-19 – both on general sense of wellbeing and the critical infrastructures which connect and protect to [c]
Sophos has published its latest findings into real world attacks investigated by its Rapid Response team. The article, “Nefilim Ransomware Attack Uses ‘Ghost’ Credentials,” details how a failure to keep close tabs on “ghost” account credentials facilitated [c]
Sophos, the global provider of next-generation cybersecurity solutions, has published new research into the SystemBC malware, “Ransomware operators use SystemBC RAT as off-the-shelf Tor backdoor.” The research shows how SystemBC has developed into a fully-fledged [c]
Steve Benton, the Deputy CSO and GM Cyber and Physical Security Operations and Programmes at BT, shares his insights on the five core aims of cyber attackers – and the multi-layered defence approach that could [c]
Sophos has published the Sophos 2021 Threat Report, which flags how ransomware and fast-changing attacker behaviors, from advanced to entry level, will shape the threat landscape and IT security in 2021. The report, written by [c]
Online scammers are forever trying to trick not only unsuspecting users, but also company employees. Sure, it is usually far harder to dupe a business than a retiree, but the potential rate of return is [c]
Sophos has announced the availability of Sophos Rapid Response, an industry-first, fixed-fee remote incident response service that identifies and neutralizes active cybersecurity attacks throughout its entire 45-day term of engagement. Sophos Rapid Response provides organizations [c]
Sophos has announced the findings of its global survey, “Cybersecurity: The Human Challenge”, which reveals that organizations are never the same after being hit by ransomware. In particular, the confidence of IT managers and their [c]
Data centers are essential to the big data-driven world of e-commerce and online marketing. Storing and protecting company and consumer data requires safe and efficient data centers. This is why we spend billions of dollars [c]
ESET researchers have participated in a global operation to disrupt the Trickbot botnet, which has, since 2016, infected over a million computing devices. Along with partners Microsoft, Lumen’s Black Lotus Labs Threat Research, NTT and [c]
Sophos, the global provider of next-generation cybersecurity solutions, has published a report, “Maze Attackers Adopt Ragnar Locker Virtual Machine Technique,” which shows how attackers tried three different ways to execute Maze ransomware during a single [c]
Sophos has published an analysis, “Color by Numbers: Inside a Dharma Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) Attack,” which provides the first in-depth look at an automated attack script and toolset created by the ransomware operators and provided to [c]
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