Sophos stories

Average ransomware recovery cost in Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ) has increased from US$1.16 million to US$2.34 million, more than doubling in one year.More

AI has been used to combat cyber-threats for years. But there are many related pitfalls — and catastrophic forgetting is a major one.More

"The findings confirm the brutal truth that when it comes to ransomware, it doesn't pay to pay."More

Every organisationusing Microsoft Exchange must patch their on-premise servers immediately and scan their networks for signs of malicious activity.More

A rise in the use of Kubernetes and Docker services — and increased adoption of DevOps methodologies — have all contributed to the rise in popularity of containers. But as with all emerging technologies, there are risks.More

"We are looking at yet another rapidly compiled, opportunistic and possibly experimental attack."More

Executive teams are failing to recognise the level of damage cyber-threats pose to organisations, according to Sophos — many of them taking a ‘conservative approach’ to cybersecurity expenditure.More

This unification enables a connected, interactive computing environment that combines smartphone and PC technology to deliver security capabilities and opportunities, the company states.More

Agent Tesla originally surfaced in 2014. It is widely available on criminal marketplaces, and continues to evolve.More

The cryptominer was recently discovered when attackers targeted internet-facing database servers (SQL servers), and the MrbMiner was downloaded and installed.More

The programme, which runs an open data registry of vulnerabilities, enables programme stakeholders to correlate vulnerability information used to protect systems against attacks. More

“Attackers are using a range of techniques and whichever defence has a weakness is how they get in. When one technique fails they move on to the next, until they find a weak spot."More

The principle of ‘zero trust’ in cybersecurity is simple: Trust nothing, and verify everything.More

What is less discussed is how cybercriminals are taking advantage of those very same technologies to automate their attacks, too.More

Discoveries made by analysts at Sophos have unearthed a new development: ransomware code appears to have been shared across ‘families’, and some of the ransomware groups seemed to work in collaboration more than in competition with one another. More

"While it is common practice to share AI methodologies and findings in other industries, cybersecurity has lagged in this effort."More

"The survey findings illustrate clearly the impact of these near-impossible demands. Among other things, those hit by ransomware were found to have severely undermined confidence in their own cyber threat awareness."More

Sophos Intercept X for Mobile has capabilities in protecting Android, iOS and Chrome OS users from known and never before seen mobile threats.More

Sophos researchers say that the attackers take a slightly different approach to the standard ‘fake login’ phishing email.More

"Dharma is fast-food franchise ransomware: widely and easily available to just about anyone,” says a Sophos threat researcher.More

The new solutions combine anti-ransomware and other threat-protection tech with immutable backup and disaster recovery capabilities.More

As people's fear and desire to do something about COVID-19 is dominating the news, it is also being exploited in every way by online criminals. More

In a 168% premium to its IPO share price in June 2015, Sophos stockholders now receive $7.40 per share, according to the company.More

The company was named the top cybersecurity vendor for channel satisfaction after achieving the highest overall rating against 10 others.More