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May 18, 2021

Attackers Targeted Users Through Dating Sites and Lured Victims into Installing Money-stealing Apps Disguised as Popular Brands OXFORD, U.K. – May 12, 2021 – Sophos, a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity, has identified a stash of 167 counterfeit Android and iOS apps that attackers are using to steal money from people who believe they […]

May 7, 2021

May 7, 2021 – Sophos, a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity, today 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. Sophos Intercept X won the enterprise and small business categories, and Sophos Home Premium was […]

March 13, 2021

The discovery will make it significantly harder for adversaries to use memory as a defense evasion technique March 11, 2021: The memory region of a hacked computer is a popular hiding place for malware because security scans don’t tend to cover memory. As a result, the malware is less likely to be […]

March 3, 2021

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OXFORD, UK – Feb. 23, 2021 – Sophos, a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity, today announced its plans to provide Sophos Intercept X endpoint protection for 5G PCs powered by Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ compute platforms from Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. The combination of Sophos Intercept X with Snapdragon compute platforms will provide users next-generation security through an […]

February 16, 2021

By Paul Ducklin Usually, when Safer Internet Day comes around, the cybersecurity situation hasn’t changed much from the year before, so it doesn’t feel like much of a reason to do anything special. But that’s not the case in 2021, thanks to the lifestyle changes that the coronavirus pandemic has brought around the world. In the US, […]

January 29, 2021

OXFORD, U.K. – Jan. 21, 2020 – Sophos, a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity, today 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 targets internet-facing database servers (SQL servers) and downloads and […]

January 11, 2021

Upgraded Tool Used In Ryuk And Egregor Attacks Sophos, a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity, today 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 remote access tool that acts as a Tor proxy and is being used […]

December 18, 2020

SophosAI Advances the Practices and Language that Will Transform the Cybersecurity Industry with Much-needed Transparency and Openness OXFORD, U.K. – Dec. 14, 2020 – Sophos, a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity, today 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 […]

November 23, 2020

Comprehensive Report Provides 3D View of Cyberattack Trends from SophosLabs Researchers, as well as from Sophos’ Threat Hunters, Rapid Responders, and Cloud Security and AI Experts OXFORD, U.K. – Nov. 18, 2020 – Sophos, a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity, today published the Sophos 2021 Threat Report, which flags how ransomware and fast-changing attacker […]

October 30, 2020

Lightning-Fast Incident Response Minimizes Attack Damage and Reduces Recovery Time Sophos Rapid Response Identifies First Use of Buer Malware Dropper to Deliver Ransomware in New Wave of Ryuk Attacks OXFORD, U.K. – Oct. 28, 2020 – Sophos, a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity, today announced the availability of Sophos Rapid Response, an industry-first, fixed-fee […]

Sophos Uncovers 167 Fake Android and iOS Trading and Cryptocurrency Apps

Sophos Endpoint Products Rank First in all Three of SE Labs’ Protection Tests

Sophos uncovers how attack code behaves while hiding in memory

Sophos to Provide Next-Generation Always-Connected 5G PC Cybersecurity with Intercept X

Safer Internet Day: Why not up your game?

Sophos Identifies Source Of “MrbMiner” Attacks Targeting Database Servers

Sophos Reports On How SystemBC Has Developed Into An Off-The-Shelf Tor Backdoor Used By Ransomware Operators

Sophos Announces Four New Open Artificial Intelligence Developments

Sophos Threat Report Flags Ransomware and Other Significant Cyberattack Trends Expected to Shape IT Security In 2021

Sophos Launches Rapid Response Service to Identify and Neutralize Active Cybersecurity Attacks