Sophos has acquired Refactr, which develops and markets a versatile DevSecOps automation platform that bridges the gap between DevOps and cybersecurity. Based in Bellevue, Washington, Refactr launched in 2017 and is privately held. As DevOps and security teams continue [c]
Sophos has announced that it has acquired Braintrace, further enhancing its Adaptive Cybersecurity Ecosystem with Braintrace’s proprietary Network Detection and Response (NDR) technology. Braintrace’s NDR provides deep visibility into network traffic patterns, including encrypted traffic, [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]
Sophos has announced that it has acquired Capsule8, a pioneer and market leader of runtime visibility, detection and response for Linux production servers and containers covering on-premise and cloud workloads. Founded in 2016, Capsule8 is [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]
Sophos, a global vendor of next-generation cybersecurity solutions, has announced the winners of its 2021 Middle East and Africa Partner Awards during the virtual Sophos MEA Partner Awards 2021 on June 2, 2021. Sophos recognized [c]
Sophos, the global vendor of next-generation cybersecurity solutions, has announced the findings of its global survey, “The IT Security Team: 2021 and Beyond,” which shows how increased security challenges during the pandemic offered IT teams [c]
By Peter Mackenzie The Sophos Rapid Response team has compiled a list of the most commonly held security misperceptions they’ve encountered in the last 12 months while neutralizing and investigating cyberattacks in a wide range of organizations. [c]
Sophos, a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity, has released the “Active Adversary Playbook 2021,” detailing attacker behaviors and the tools, techniques and procedures (TTPs) that Sophos’ frontline threat hunters and incident responders saw in the [c]
Sophos has identified a stash of 167 counterfeit Android and iOS apps that attackers are using to steal money from people who believe they have installed a financial trading, banking or cryptocurrency app from a [c]
Sophos, a global provider of next-generation cybersecurity solutions, has announced that its endpoint products have ranked first in all three of SE Labs’ protection tests, achieving an unprecedented 100% total accuracy score across the board. [c]
Sophos has announced Sophos XDR, the industry’s only extended detection and response (XDR) solution that synchronizes native endpoint, server, firewall, and email security. With this comprehensive and integrated approach, Sophos XDR provides a holistic view [c]
Sophos has unveiled new XGS Series firewall appliances with unrivaled performance and advanced protection against cyberattacks. The new appliances feature industry-best Transport Layer Security (TLS) inspection, including native support for TLS 1.3, that is up [c]
By Chester Wisniewski I recently wrote a Sophos News article on the whole phenomenon of “beg bounties” and invited organizations that had been affected to get in touch. Many did and some had amazing stories [c]
By Chester Wisniewski This is the third article in a series on the phenomenon of “beg bounty” hunters. The first two articles consider what it is, why people do it, and how. This one details [c]
Sophos, a provider of next-generation cybersecurity solutions, has announced the findings of the second edition of its survey report, The Future of Cybersecurity in Asia Pacific and Japan, in collaboration with Tech Research Asia (TRA). [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]
Sophos, the global vendor of next-generation cybersecurity solutions, has published new research, “Gootloader Expands Its Payload Delivery Options,” that details how the delivery method for the six-year-old Gootkit financial malware has been developed into a [c]
Following Microsoft’s news about Hafnium, Sophos has been closely monitoring the issue and is providing regular advice on how organizations should threat hunt and mitigate the attack / potential attack. According to Mat Gangwer, Senior [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]
Sophos has published new research into Agent Tesla, “Agent Tesla Amps Up Information Stealing Attacks,” which details new evasive techniques attackers are using to disable endpoint protection before they deliver the malware and install and [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 has published a new report on MrbMiner, “MrbMiner: Cryptojacking to bypass international sanctions,” tracking its origin and management to a small software development company based in Iran. MrbMiner is a recently discovered cryptominer that [c]
Sophos, the vendor of next-generation cybersecurity solutions, has announced that it has been named a Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) Numbering Authority (CNA) in the CVE program, a recognized international standard for identifying and naming cybersecurity vulnerabilities. [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]
Sophos has announced four new open Artificial Intelligence (AI) developments to help broaden and sharpen the industry’s defenses against cyberattacks, including datasets, tools and methodologies designed to advance industry collaboration and cumulative innovation. This move [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]
By Paul Ducklin It’s three weeks until US Thanksgiving, which happens on the fourth Thursday of November. As readers around the world now know, the day after Thanksgiving – the “bridge day” that many Americans take [c]
By Paul Ducklin As we’ve warned before, phishing via SMS, or smishing for short, is still popular with cybercriminals. Sure, old-fashioned text messages have fallen out of favour for personal communications, superseded round the world by instant messaging apps [c]
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