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| Dec 4, 2025 | 10 популярных техник обхода EDR | Алексей Баландин, Security Vision
На сегодняшний день невозможно представить защиту конечных точек без системы EDR, которая, в отличие от устаревшего антивируса, основана в первую очередь на поведенческом анализе происходящих в системе собы... |
| Aug 20, 2025 | 46% of Retail Hacks Linked to Security Gaps, Finds Sophos | With UK retailers like M&S and Co-op only just beginning to get back on their feet following a wave of crippling cyber-attacks against the retail sector, a new report from Sophos has shed light on previously unexplored causes and conseq... |
| Jun 12, 2025 | Inside the Aftermath: What Really Happens When You Get Hacked | For any CSO or CISO, it’s the stuff of nightmares – the moment years of defence and planning collapse, the network paralysed, vital data encrypted and out of reach. Your files are gone. In their place, a demand:
“To the board of directors. ... |
| Apr 21, 2025 | VPNs Driving 25% of Incident Response Cases, Sophos Finds | Network edge devices have grown to account for over a quarter of all initial business compromises, new research from Sophos found.
The cyber firm tracked cyber incidents hitting small businesses in 2024, finding that ransomware accounted fo... |
| Feb 10, 2025 | The Great Executive Exodus: A Crisis in Leadership | The corporate world is facing a storm. A recent Gartner survey reveals that over half of C-suite leaders may leave their roles within two years. This is not just a statistic; it’s a warning bell. The pressure is mounting. Executives are fee... |
| Feb 7, 2025 | IT Teams Worry About Increasing Cost of Cyber Tools From AI Features, While Criminals Barely Use Them | IT leaders are concerned about the rocketing costs of cyber security tools, which are being inundated with AI features. Meanwhile, hackers are largely eschewing AI, as there are relatively few discussions about how they could use it posted ... |
| Jan 29, 2025 | AI in Cybersecurity | Navigating the Promises and Risks | AI’s role in defending against cyber threats has become impossible to ignore.
Organisations and cybersecurity providers alike are scrambling to incorporate AI to bolster defenses against ever-evolving threats. However, while AI’s potential ... |
| Nov 26, 2024 | Пара слов о вредоносном ПО для Linux и способах защиты вашей системы | Если вы следите за последними новостями в области IT‑безопасности, то, возможно, заметили рост числа атак на сетевую инфраструктуру Linux‑систем. Среди основных разновидностей вредоносного ПО, о которых вы должны знать, можно выделить Cloud... |
| Sep 12, 2024 | Most Educational Organizations Paid More Than the Original Ransom Demand, Says Sophos Survey | Education Sector’s Ransomware Recovery Costs Skyrocket, Despite Fewer Attacks Overall
OXFORD, United Kingdom, Sept. 12, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sophos, a global leader of innovative security solutions that defeat cyberattacks, today releas... |
| Sep 10, 2024 | Operation Crimson Palace, Chinese State-Sponsored Espionage, Expands in Southeast Asia, Sophos Report Finds | Nation-State Groups Pivot to Open-Source Tooling
Sophos Uncovers Novel Keylogger “Tattletale”
OXFORD, United Kingdom, Sept. 10, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sept. 10, 2024 – Sophos, a global leader of innovative security solutions for defeating... |
| Aug 22, 2024 | The Digital Shift: How Technology is Reshaping Financial Services and Employee Training | In the fast-paced world of finance, change is the only constant. Digital transformation is not just a buzzword; it’s a tidal wave reshaping the landscape. From artificial intelligence to cloud computing, technology is revolutionizing how fi... |
| Aug 20, 2024 | Ransomware Gangs: The New Age of Cyber Extortion | Ransomware gangs are evolving. They are no longer just digital thieves; they are now psychological manipulators. The tactics they employ are chilling, reminiscent of old-school mafia methods. This new breed of cybercriminals is not just aft... |
| Aug 19, 2024 | Топ-5 ИБ-событий недели по версии Jet CSIRT | Сегодня в ТОП-5 — инструмент EDRKillShifter для отключения EDR-защиты, вредоносное ПО для финсектора Wail, уязвимость в Azure AD, критические уязвимости в PostgreSQL и в компоненте TCP/IP Windows.
Группировка RansomHub использует EDRKillShi... |
| Aug 16, 2024 | Sophos X-Ops: Ransomware gangs escalating tactics, going to ‘chilling’ lengths | Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More
Posting sensitive data about executives’ family members. Making prank calls to law enforcement that result in vio... |
| Aug 16, 2024 | The impact of digital transformation on the financial services sector | Digital transformation is shaping every sector – from FMCG to Finance, and every industry is being influenced by emerging technologies. So, what role does digital transformation play in financial services in particular, and how does this af... |
| Aug 10, 2024 | Pool your cybersecurity resources to build the perfect security ecosystem | Cybersecurity has never been something to set once and leave running in the background -- it is a constantly evolving landscape. While the migration of data and applications to the cloud provides numerous business benefits, many organisatio... |
| Jul 17, 2024 | Costs for Ransomware Attacks on Critical Infrastructure Are Soaring | Cybersecurity firm Sophos has released a sector survey report, The State of Ransomware in Critical Infrastructure 2024, which revealed that the median recovery costs for two critical infrastructure sectors, energy and water, quadrupled to £... |
| May 30, 2024 | Mystery malware destroys 600,000 routers from a single ISP during 72-hour span | Enlarge
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One day last October, subscribers to an ISP known as Windstream began flooding message boards with reports their routers had suddenly stopped working and remained unresponsive to reboots and all othe... |
| May 20, 2024 | Joe Levy Appointed CEO of Sophos | Jim Dildine Named as Sophos' New CFO
OXFORD, U.K—Sophos, a global leader of innovative security solutions for defeating cyberattacks, today announced that Joe Levy is now chief executive officer (CEO) of the company. Levy has been acting CE... |
| May 17, 2024 | Black Basta Ransomware Struck More Than 500 Organizations Worldwide | A joint cybersecurity advisory from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Department of Health and Human services and Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center was recently released... |
| May 8, 2024 | Трендовые уязвимости апреля: до пяти лет скрытой эксплуатации | Хабр, привет! Я Александр Леонов, ведущий эксперт лаборатории PT Expert Security Center. Мы с командой аналитиков Positive Technologies каждый месяц анализируем информацию об уязвимостях из баз и бюллетеней безопасности вендоров, социальных... |
| May 7, 2024 | 97% of Organizations Hit by Ransomware Worked with Law Enforcement, Sophos State of Ransomware Report Finds | OXFORD, United Kingdom, May 07, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sophos, a global leader of innovative security solutions that defeat cyberattacks, today released additional findings from its annual “State of Ransomware 2024” survey. According to t... |
| Apr 25, 2024 | Millions of IPs remain infected by USB worm years after its creators left it for dead | Enlarge
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A now-abandoned USB worm that backdoors connected devices has continued to self-replicate for years since its creators lost control of it and remains active on thousands, possibly millions, of machine... |
| Apr 17, 2024 | Cheap, Independently Produced ‘Junk Gun’ Ransomware Infiltrates the Dark Web, Sophos Finds | New Junk Gun Ransomware Disrupts Ransomware-as-a-Service Racket
OXFORD, United Kingdom, April 17, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sophos, a global leader of innovative security solutions that defeat cyberattacks, today released a new report titled... |
| Apr 12, 2024 | Sophos Study: 94% of Ransomware Victims Have Their Backups Targeted By Attackers | Organisations that have backed up their sensitive data may believe they are relatively safe from ransomware attacks; however, this is not the case based on findings from a new study from IT security company Sophos. The report showed that cy... |
| Mar 12, 2024 | Ransomware Still Top Cyber-threat for SMBs | Ransomware continues to be the biggest cybersecurity threat to small- and medium- sized businesses (SMBs), according to a new report from Sophos, the cybersecurity-as-a-service firm.
Their new report, Cybercrime on the Main Street, has reve... |
| Mar 8, 2024 | The clowns and fools behind ransomware attacks | The hackers behind devastating ransomware attacks are often just ego-driven, short-tempered coders who are willing to scam everyone, including each other, experts tell Axios.
Why it matters: Organizations facing a ransomware attack tend to ... |
| Mar 1, 2024 | Странный и очень прибыльный мир конкурсов писателей-киберпреступников | Соревнования на форумах киберпреступников в Рунете обещают призовые до 80 тысяч долларов. Всё это происходит почти в открытую, а победителей потом хантят к себе хакерские сообщества. Слышали ли вы об этом секрете Полишинеля?
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| Feb 27, 2024 | New Vulnerabilities in ConnectWise ScreenConnect Massively Exploited by Attackers | Two new vulnerabilities impact ConnectWise ScreenConnect, remote desktop and access software used for support: CVE-2024-1709 and CVE-2024-1708, with the former being particularly dangerous for organizations.
The CVE-2024-1709 vulnerability,... |
| Feb 2, 2024 | Criminals Leverage “As-a-Service" Business Model with Sha Zhu Pan Kits, Globally Expanding Cryptocurrency Fraud | After a Two-Year Investigation, Sophos X-Ops Discovers Unprecedented Sophistication in Scams That Trick Victims into Fake Investments
OXFORD, United Kingdom, Feb. 02, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sophos, a global leader in innovating and delive... |
| Jan 23, 2024 | Как не стоит обрезать изображения. aCropalypse (CVE-2023-21036) | 1. Немного истории
В январе 2023 года экспертами Саймон Ааронс и Дэвид Бьюкенен была обнаружена уязвимость в линейке смартфонов google pixel. При работе во встроенном редакторе изображений Markup и редактировании файлов .png данные исходник... |
| Dec 22, 2023 | Ransomware gangs increasingly crave the media spotlight | Join leaders in San Francisco on January 10 for an exclusive night of networking, insights, and conversation. Request an invite here.
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| Nov 20, 2023 | British Library confirms data stolen during ransomware attack | The British Library, the national library of the United Kingdom and one of the world’s largest libraries, has confirmed that a ransomware attack led to the theft of internal data.
In late October, the British Library first disclosed it was ... |
| Nov 2, 2023 | 75% of Healthcare Organizations Hit by Ransomware Attacks, Sophos Survey Finds | What You Should Know:
– Cybercriminals have been highly successful in their ransomware attacks on healthcare organizations, according to a new survey conducted by Sophos. “The State of Ransomware in Healthcare 2023, report reveals nearly 75... |
| Oct 25, 2023 | Старые песни о главном и pig butchering | Наша работа — брать бабло у клиента из кармана и класть в наш карман.
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| Sep 6, 2023 | Sophos: Cybercriminals run contests to advance techniques | Cybercriminals are organizing research contests in cybercrime forums for the purpose of advancing their strategies and techniques, and possibly recruiting new talent, according to Sophos, a cybersecurity-as-a-service provider.
These contest... |
| Sep 2, 2023 | AMSI bypass — От истоков к Windows 11 | В одной из наших предыдущих статей (советую ознакомиться) мы рассматривали типовые механизмов защиты для операционных систем семейства Windows. В главе AMSI Bypass кратко рассмотрели принцип работы библиотеки и почему обход amsi.dll являетс... |
| Sep 1, 2023 | How the FBI took down the notorious Qakbot botnet | A global law enforcement operation this week took down and dismantled the notorious Qakbot botnet, touted as the largest U.S.-led financial and technical disruption of a botnet infrastructure.
Qakbot is a banking trojan that became infamous... |
| Jul 28, 2023 | Bad Actors Using Google & Bing Advertising Networks to Spread Malware | Bad actors are using Google and Bing’s advertising networks to spread malware in an effort “to compromise business networks.”
Security firm Sophos made the discovery, dubbing the malware campaign “Nitrogen.” Sophos says Nitrogen “is a prima... |
| Jul 19, 2023 | Hackers are pretending to be cybersecurity firm to lock your entire PC | As hackers come up with new ways to attack, not even trustworthy names can be taken at face value. This time, a ransom-as-a-service (RaaS) attack is being used to impersonate a cybersecurity vendor called Sophos.
The RaaS, referred to as So... |
| Jul 14, 2023 | Почему нужно чистить cookies | Хотя логины и пароли учётных записей продолжают оставаться наиболее очевидными целями хакеров, распространение многофакторной аутентификации ведёт к тому, что злоумышленники тоже меняют свои подходы. Одна из новых тактик, набирающих обороты... |
| Jun 27, 2023 | «The pig-butchering scam»: криптовалютная любовь, цифровые поросята и Гонконг, который никогда не спит | Пока все твиттерские - и не только - новостные ленты пестрят ожиданием Hong Kong Web3 Festival 2023, и даже объективно запретивший криптовалюты Китай всецело поддерживает становление Гонконга как одного из ведущих мировых криптохабов, South... |
| Jun 10, 2023 | Fake AI Chatbot Apps Are Spreading: Here's How to Avoid Being Tricked | Inno Flores, Tech Times 10 June 2023, 03:06 am
AI-powered chatbots are trending now, as these computer programs have become one of the most powerful tools on the internet. Because of its popularity, fake AI chatbot apps are also becoming po... |
| May 18, 2023 | OpenAI launches a ChatGPT app for iOS, with an Android version coming soon
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| May 18, 2023 | Sophos: Rise in Fleeceware Seen on Google Play, Apple App Store—Mobile Malware Hitting on AI? | Joseph Henry, Tech Times 18 May 2023, 03:05 pm
ChatGPT is currently the most popular AI platform that many people use nowadays. Regardless if you have questions about tech, sports, games, or health, this tool will give you a desirable respo... |
| May 17, 2023 | Fake ChatGPT Apps Scam Users Out of Thousands of Dollars, Sophos Reports | These Apps—Known as Fleeceware—Take Advantage of App Store Policy Loopholes and Coercive Tactics to Overcharge Users for AI Assistants
/EIN News/ -- OXFORD, United Kingdom, May 17, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sophos, a global leader in innovat... |
| Apr 5, 2023 | FBI seizes Genesis Market, a notorious hacker marketplace for stolen logins | U.S. and international law enforcement agencies have seized Genesis Market, a notorious hacker marketplace used to acquire compromised credentials and digital browser fingerprints.
The FBI announced the takedown, dubbed “Operation Cookie Mo... |
| Apr 4, 2023 | 93% of Organizations Find the Execution of Essential Security Operation Tasks Challenging, Sophos Survey Finds | Among These Challenges, 75% Struggle with Identifying the Root Causes Behind an Incident, Leaving Them Vulnerable to Further Malicious Activity
/EIN News/ -- OXFORD, United Kingdom, April 04, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sophos, a global leader... |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 3CX admits supply chain attack | Communications app maker 3CX on Thursday acknowledged that its Windows VoIP app "includes a security issue" and has been the subject of a software supply chain attack, amid reports from cybersecurity researchers about an active ca... |
| Mar 30, 2023 | Trojanized Windows and Mac apps rain down on 3CX users in massive supply chain attack | Enlarge
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| Feb 21, 2023 | Sophos Expands Firewall Portfolio with Enterprise-Grade Appliances that Broaden Market Opportunities for Channel Partners | New XGS 7500 and 8500 Models Deliver Unrivaled Performance and Protection for Enterprises and Campus Deployments
/EIN News/ -- OXFORD, United Kingdom, Feb. 21, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sophos, a global leader in innovating and delivering cy... |
| Feb 6, 2023 | Security Week 2306: критическая уязвимость в устройствах QNAP | 30 января компания QNAP выпустила обновление для операционных систем QTS и QuTS Hero, закрывающее серьезную уязвимость, которая может привести к получению полного контроля над устройством. ОС QTS и QuTS Hero используются соответственно в ус... |
| Feb 5, 2023 | Top 5 cyber-threats and how to prevent them | Check out all the on-demand sessions from the Intelligent Security Summit here.
Cybercrime is prominent and will continue to evolve amid a growing cyber threat landscape. When organizations scale, the risk increases with their reliance on c... |
| Feb 1, 2023 | Pig-butchering scam apps sneak into Apple’s App Store and Google Play | Enlarge
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| Feb 1, 2023 | Sophos Details First Fake Apps Found on Apple’s App Store Used by Cybercriminals for CryptoRom Schemes | /EIN News/ -- OXFORD, United Kingdom, Feb. 01, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sophos, a global leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service, today released new findings on CryptoRom scams—elaborate financial fraud schemes that p... |
| Feb 1, 2023 | Pig-Butchering Scam Apps Are Flocking All Over Apple, Google Play Store | Joseph Henry, Tech Times 01 February 2023, 02:02 pm
Pig-butchering scams are once again pooling all over the Google Play Store and Apple App Store. The people behind this tactic are reportedly luring the victims into thinking they could ear... |
| Jan 9, 2023 | Five Tips For Adopting CSaaS To Reduce Long-Term Cyberattack Risks | Senior Vice President, Products, Sophos. |
| Jan 5, 2023 | Sophos is the Top Ranked and Sole Leader in the Omdia Universe Report for Comprehensive XDR Solutions | Sophos Intercept X Advanced with Extended Detection and Response (XDR) “Delivers a Dominant Showing in Threat Response and Resolution”
/EIN News/ -- OXFORD, United Kingdom, Jan. 05, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sophos, a global leader in innova... |
| Dec 21, 2022 | Sophos Unravels 20 Fake Criminal Marketplaces Designed to Scam Scammers | /EIN News/ -- OXFORD, United Kingdom, Dec. 21, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sophos, a global leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service, today revealed details of how it tracked down the likely culprit behind more than 20 fa... |
| Dec 14, 2022 | Windows 10 And 11 Security Feature Alerts Bypassed By Attackers | |
| Dec 13, 2022 | Ransomware gang caught using Microsoft-approved drivers to hack targets | Security researchers say they have evidence that threat actors affiliated with the Cuba ransomware gang used malicious hardware drivers certified by Microsoft during a recent attempted ransomware attack.
Drivers — the software that allows o... |
| Nov 22, 2022 | 4 Critical Questions To Ask Your Managed Security Services Provider | Oscar Chavez-Arrieta is Vice President of Latin America at Sophos. |
| Oct 26, 2022 | Manufacturing Reports the Highest Average Ransomware Payment Across All Sectors, Sophos Survey Finds | Of the Organizations Surveyed That Paid the Ransom, the Average Cost Was $2,036,189—More Than Double the Cross-Sector Average of $812,360
/EIN News/ -- OXFORD, United Kingdom, Oct. 26, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sophos, a global leader in inn... |
| Oct 21, 2022 | BlackByte ransomware picks up where Conti and Sodinokibi left off | Image: nicescene/Adobe Stock
Symantec’s Threat Hunter Team announced Friday that an affiliate of the BlackByte ransomware-as-a-service organization is using the custom data exfiltration tool Infostealer.Exbyte to steal data.
BlackByte is ru... |
| Oct 17, 2022 | Security Week 2242: блокировка уязвимых драйверов в Windows | Тему уязвимых драйверов — легитимных кусков кода с цифровой подписью — мы за последнее время поднимали несколько раз. В сентябре мы сообщали о драйвере античит-системы из игры Genshin Impact, который использовался для остановки защитных сис... |
| Oct 14, 2022 | How a Microsoft blunder opened millions of PCs to potent malware attacks | Enlarge
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| Oct 10, 2022 | Security Week 2241: браузер Tor с бэкдором | На прошлой неделе исследователи «Лаборатории Касперского» опубликовали разбор кампании OnionPoison. На видеохостинге YouTube обнаружили видеоролик, ориентированный на пользователей из Китая и рассказывающий, как пользоваться браузером Tor. ... |
| Oct 7, 2022 | New Hacker Technique Lets Attackers Disable Antivirus Solutions and Infect the Users Device Anyway | Urian B., Tech Times 07 October 2022, 06:10 am
Hackers have grown craftier and craftier over the years, and now, a new method has been discovered wherein the attackers were able to disable the user's antivirus solutions. Once the antivirus ... |
| Oct 7, 2022 | ТОП-3 ИБ-событий недели по версии Jet CSIRT | Компания Microsoft обновила меры защиты от эксплуатации уязвимости ProxyNotShell
Microsoft опубликовала защитные меры от двух новых уязвимостей нулевого дня Microsoft Exchange — CVE-2022-41040 и CVE-2022-41082. Одним из вариантов защиты ста... |
| Oct 4, 2022 | BlackByte Ransomware Gang Adds Sophisticated “Bring Your Own Driver” Technique to Bypass More Than 1,000 Drivers Used by Industry Wide Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) Products, Sophos Finds | /EIN News/ -- OXFORD, United Kingdom, Oct. 04, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sophos, a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity, today announced that BlackByte, one of the newer, “heavy-hitter” ransomware gangs, has added a sophisticated “... |
| Aug 22, 2022 | Cookie theft threat: When Multi-Factor authentication is not enough | Image: Adobe Stock
Multi-factor authentication (MFA) is a good security measure, most of the time. It enables a company to add a layer of security to its corporate VPN, for example. The user, in addition to a (hopefully) strong password, ne... |
| Aug 19, 2022 | Hackers are using cookies to sidestep two-factor authentication | “Cookie stealing” is among the latest trends in cybercrimes that hackers are using to bypass credentials and access private databases, according to Sophos.
Typical security advice for organizations has been to move their most sensitive info... |
| Jul 27, 2022 | IBM Report: Consumers Pay the Price as Data Breach Costs Reach All-Time High | 60% of breached businesses raised product prices post-breach; vast majority of critical infrastructure lagging in zero trust adoption; $550,000 in extra costs for insufficiently staffed businesses
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| Jul 22, 2022 | Hardcoded password in Confluence app has been leaked on Twitter | Enlarge
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| Jul 5, 2022 | SG cybersecurity firm raises $8m in Prosus, Vulcan Capital-led pre-series A | InvestmentsNewsStartups
Miguel Cordon · 2d ago · 2 min readSG cybersecurity firm raises $8m in Prosus, Vulcan Capital-led pre-series A
Singapore-based cybersecurity startup watchTowr has secured US$8 million in a pre-series A round co-led b... |
| Jun 20, 2022 | Cyber attackers spent a median of 15 days inside victim networks last year: Sophos | Sohini Bagchi 20 Jun, 2022
Cyber attackers are spending longer time inside business systems after hacking them. According to new report from cyber security firm, Sophos, the threat actors spent a median of 15 days inside victim networks las... |
| Jun 8, 2022 | Time cybercriminals spent on victims’ systems increased by 36% in 2021- Report | --> -->
Cybercriminals spent more time in their victims’ systems in 2021 compared with 2020, the latest report by cybersecurity company, Sophos, has established. According to Sophos, the dwelling time of attackers increased by 36% las... |
| Jun 6, 2022 | Ransomware attacks on healthcare firms rise 94% in 2021, says study | Team TC 6 Jun, 2022
Ransomware attacks on healthcare firms rose 94% in 2021 and it costs about $1.85 million to recover systems after the data breach, revealed a new study.
A new report by cybersecurity firm Sophos claimed that healthcare i... |
| Jun 3, 2022 | Ransomware Attacks on Healthcare Almost Doubled Last Year | Last year, healthcare organizations were more likely to suffer a ransomware attack than not, according to a new report.
Ransomware attackers reached 66% of organizations in the healthcare industry in 2021, a survey found, up from just 34% a... |
| Apr 21, 2022 | FBI Warning as BlackCat Ransomware Breaches at Least 60 Organizations | Ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) group BlackCat, has already compromised 60 entities worldwide, according to a FLASH warning issued by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) this week.
The report confirms that the recently established Blac... |
| Apr 15, 2022 | Attackers unleash LockBit ransomware on US government computers | Image: nevarpp, Getty Images/iStockphoto
New findings from cybersecurity company Sophos show some of the methods employed by hackers when it comes to exploiting gaps in federal devices. One attack highlighted in the report found that ransom... |
| Apr 5, 2022 | The ransomware wars: Here's how much cash the top gangs reel in | The same week in late February that Russian troops rolled into Ukraine, one of the world's most potent Kremlin-aligned hacking gangs threatened to attack the U.S. and NATO allies. The so-called Conti group, notorious for its use of ransomwa... |
| Mar 19, 2022 | This Week in Apps: Instagram’s parental controls, Tile’s anti-stalking update, iOS 15.4 arrives | Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy.
The app industry continues to grow, with a record number of downloads and consumer sp... |
| Mar 17, 2022 | Two Apple Features Used by Scammers To Bypass App Store—Installing iOS Malware | Griffin Davis , Tech Times 17 March 2022, 02:03 am
Two Apple features are now being used by scammers to bypass the official App Store's security functions (vetting requirements).
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| Mar 16, 2022 | Scammers have 2 clever new ways to install malicious apps on iOS devices | Enlarge
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| Feb 28, 2022 | Healthcare Org Hit By Two Ransomware Gangs At Once | Organizations that get hit by a ransomware attack may think that’s about the biggest IT emergency they’d ever have to face. That might be true if it wasn’t possible to be ambushed by two different ransomware gangs at the same time. |
| Feb 1, 2022 | The Cyberlaw Podcast: Regulatory Swagger Comes to Washington | All of Washington is back from Christmas break, and suddenly the Biden administration is showing a sharp departure from the Obama and Clinton years where regulation of Big Tech is concerned. Regulatory swagger is everywhere.
Treasury regula... |
| Jan 25, 2022 | Sophos Extends Adaptive Cybersecurity Ecosystem with Zero Trust Network Access | Sophos ZTNA Uniquely Integrates with Industry-Best, Next-Generation Endpoint Solution – Sophos Intercept X; Improves and Simplifies Cybersecurity Protection Against Ransomware and Other Threats
New Sophos Research into a Midas Ransomware At... |
| Jan 24, 2022 | Major attacks using Log4j vulnerability ‘lower than expected’ | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Thanks in large part to the massive response effo... |
| Jan 24, 2022 | Major attacks using Log4j vulnerability ‘lower than expected’ | Did you miss a session from the Future of Work Summit? Head over to our Future of Work Summit on-demand library to stream.
Thanks in large part to the massive response effort from the security community, there have been few cyber attacks of... |
| Dec 23, 2021 | Nervous about using public Wi-Fi while you travel? You shouldn’t be. Here’s why | When you’re out and about, and especially when you’re traveling, you might find yourself feeling quite a bit of anxiety when logging into public Wi-Fi. Maybe you’re sitting in an airport waiting for your flight, and the siren call of that W... |
| Dec 22, 2021 | AvosLocker Ransomware Uses AnyDesk in Safe Mode to Launch Attacks, Sophos Reports | OXFORD, United Kingdom, Dec. 22, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sophos, a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity, today released new research about AvosLocker ransomware in the article, “AvosLocker Remotely Accesses Boxes, Even Running in... |
| Dec 21, 2021 | Second ransomware family exploiting Log4j spotted in U.S., Europe | Hear from CIOs, CTOs, and other C-level and senior execs on data and AI strategies at the Future of Work Summit this January 12, 2022. Learn more
Researchers say a second family of ransomware has been growing in usage for attack attempts th... |
| Dec 21, 2021 | Second ransomware family exploiting Log4j spotted in U.S., Europe | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Researchers say a second family of ransomware has... |
| Dec 20, 2021 | Log4j vulnerabilities, malware strains multiply; major attack disclosed | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
As cybersecurity teams grapple with having to pot... |
| Dec 13, 2021 | Log4j exploits suggest attackers gearing up for ransomware | Hear from CIOs, CTOs, and other C-level and senior execs on data and AI strategies at the Future of Work Summit this January 12, 2022. Learn more
Researchers at major cybersecurity firms say they’re seeing indications of attackers exploitin... |
| Dec 13, 2021 | You can’t do anything to stop the Log4j zero-day attacks yourself | Also known as the Log4Shell hack, the Log4j 0-day security vulnerability is the worst hack in internet history. Every internet company has been scrambling to patch the issue and prevent hackers from taking advantage of it. But it will take ... |
| Dec 13, 2021 | CyberScotland Partnership: 6 Potential Cyberthreats in 2022 | 2021 saw cyberattacks reach practically every facey of business and industry – from Kaseya, Tesco and your OS, to the thousands of smaller businesses becoming increasingly the target of Nation State attacks – no one was safe.
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