August 2020

Ransomware continues to plague organizations, with over half of companies surveyed across 26 countries revealing that they were hit by ransomware in the last year. Modern firewalls are highly effective at defending against ransomware attacks, but they need to be given the chance to do their job. Our guide, Firewall Best Practices to Block Ransomware, […]

Read the report today! In our recent survey of 5,000 IT Managers across 26 countries, 51% of respondents revealed that they were hit by ransomware in the last year. In 73% of those incidents, attackers succeeded in encrypting data. Furthermore, the average global cost to remediate these attacks was an eye-watering $761,106. An endpoint protection

Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), while a legitimate tool, is also a common ingress point for attackers looking to break into an organization. A recent Sophos survey found that in 9% of ransomware attacks, RDP was the method used to gain entry. Fortunately, Intercept X Advanced with EDR makes it easy to identify devices that have

We’re excited to announce that we have launched the new Sophos Support Portal, which makes it much easier for you to track and manage all your support cases. You can now visit support.sophos.com to access and create support cases. What’s new Create and manage your own support cases Your Sophos partner can manage cases on

We often get asked about the inner workings of Netsparker’s vulnerability scanning engine. People familiar with network and virus scanners also ask what vulnerability databases we use and how often we update them. In reality, it’s all a lot more interesting than ticking boxes on a list of known issues. Time to set the record

As cybercriminals continue to take advantage of the public cloud in their attacks, Sophos commissioned an independent survey of 3,521 IT managers across 26 countries* to reveal the reality of cloud security in 2020. The 2020 cloud security reality The survey provides fresh new insight into the cybersecurity experiences of organizations using the public cloud,

ProLock ransomware emerged on the threat scene in March, a retooled and rebranded version of PwndLocker. As SophosLabs reveals in its detailed analysis, while ProLock ransomware gives you the first eight kilobytes of decryption for free, it can still cause significant business disruption and economic damage. Protect against ProLock with Sophos Intercept X Intercept X

We are excited to announce that Intercept X for Server Advanced with EDR has been enhanced with powerful cloud visibility features from Cloud Optix. In addition to even more detail on your AWS, Azure, and GCP cloud workloads, this integration gives customers critical insights into their wider cloud environments, including security groups, hosts, shared storage,

Most privileged access management solutions just focus on passwords. BeyondTrust is different. Our innovative Universal Privilege Management approach to cyber security secures every user, asset, and session across your enterprise. Deployed as SaaS or on-premises, BeyondTrust’s Universal Privilege Management approach simplifies deployments, reduces costs, improves usability, and reduces privilege risks. Go Beyond Passwords Passwords are