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Sophos stories - Page 4
Sophos earns three AAA awards in SE Labs' security test
Fri, 6th Jan 2023
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Sophos Intercept X achieved 100% accuracy in detecting and stopping cyber attacks in SE Labs' tests, earning three AAA awards.
Sophos discovers malicious code disabling security software
Fri, 23rd Dec 2022
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Sophos has uncovered malicious code in multiple drivers with legitimate digital certificates, including a certificate from Microsoft.
Sophos releases MDR solution in response to increased threats
Wed, 7th Dec 2022
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Sophos has announced the general availability of Sophos Managed Detection and Response (MDR) with new threat detection and response capabilities.
Sophos report reveals stark reality of cybercrime-as-a-service
Wed, 23rd Nov 2022
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ransomware
The report addresses how ransomware remains one of the greatest cyber crime threats to organisations with operators innovating their extortion tactics.
Manufacturing sector pays highest average ransomware payment
Thu, 3rd Nov 2022
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Manufacturing and production sectors had highest average ransom payment but lowest percentage of organizations that paid the ransom, Sophos report finds.
Sophos uncovers rampant rise of ransomware in manufacturing
Thu, 27th Oct 2022
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Sophos' new survey report on ransomware in manufacturing and production found that the sector had the highest average ransom payment across all sectors.
Ransomware ravages retail sector, with 75% increase in attacks
Thu, 8th Sep 2022
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Globally, 77% of retail organisations surveyed experienced a 75% increase from 2020. This is also 11% more than the cross-sector average attack rate of 66%.
Sophos reveals latest ransomware trend impacting orgs
Mon, 15th Aug 2022
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Sophos has announced in a new whitepaper that Hive, LockBit and BlackCat, three prominent ransomware gangs, consecutively attacked the same network.
Hive, LockBit, BlackCat ransomware gangs attack same network
Wed, 10th Aug 2022
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Each ransomware gang left its own ransom demand, and some of the files were triple encrypted, according to a new report from Sophos.
Sophos links three expert security teams together with X-Ops
Mon, 25th Jul 2022
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Sophos X-Ops leverages the predictive, real-time, real-world and researched threat intelligence from each group.
Education institutions hit hard by ransomware - study
Thu, 21st Jul 2022
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The findings reveal that education institutions are increasingly being hit with ransomware, with 60% suffering attacks in 2021 compared to 44% in 2020.
Ransomware attacks on education institutions increase
Thu, 14th Jul 2022
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Education institutions are increasingly being hit with ransomware, with 60% suffering attacks in 2021 compared to 44% in 2020.
Sophos uncovers latest cyber attack trends in Playbook report
Thu, 9th Jun 2022
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Research finds that there has been a 36% increase in cyber attack dwell time, with a median intruder dwell time of 15 days in 2021 versus 11 days in 2020.
Ransomware attacks on healthcare increased 94% in 2021
Fri, 3rd Jun 2022
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New research has revealed a 94% increase in ransomware attacks on the organisations within the healthcare sector during 2021.
Ransomware hits 65% of organisations in Singapore
Fri, 20th May 2022
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Next-generation cybersecurity firm Sophos has released its annual survey and review of real-world ransomware experiences in the State of Ransomware 2022.
Sophos unveils cloud protection advancements with Linux and offerings
Thu, 21st Apr 2022
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Sophos has unveiled advancements to Sophos Cloud Workload Protection, including new Linux host and container security capabilities.
Sophos achieves perfect scores in SE Labs protection tests
Thu, 21st Apr 2022
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Sophos' endpoint products have been ranked top in protection and false-positive tests for enterprise, small businesses, and consumers.
Crypto scam targets dating app users on iPhone and Android
Fri, 18th Mar 2022
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A new international cryptocurrency trading scam called CryptoRom targets iPhone and Android users through popular dating apps.
Sophos launches zero trust offering for advanced endpoint protection
Fri, 28th Jan 2022
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Sophos launches Sophos ZTNA, integrating with Sophos Intercept X to provide advanced endpoint protection and zero trust network access.
Critical Microsoft Office patch exploited by new malware
Fri, 24th Dec 2021
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Sophos has released details of a novel exploit that bypasses a patch for a critical vulnerability affecting the Microsoft Office file format.