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Sophos, a global leader of innovative security solutions for defeating cyberattacks, today released the 2025 Sophos Active Adversary Report, which details attacker behavior and techniques from over 400 Managed Detection and Response (MDR) and Incident Response (IR) cases in 2024. The report found that the primary way attackers gained initial access to networks (56% of all […]

Customers have spoken, and the results are in. G2, a major technology user review platform, has just released its Spring 2025 Reports, where users rated Sophos as the #1 overall Firewall, MDR, and EDR solution. Recognizing the power of our platform, Sophos is – once again – the only vendor named a Leader across the

Discover key insights on why Autotask has been recognized as a leader in the G2 Grid® Report for Professional Services Automation (PSA) – Spring 2025. Autotask PSA is a cloud-based platform that enables MSPs to run their business at peak profitability because it’s reliable, centralizes their operations, and enables quick data-driven decisions. Autotask provides real-time

As cyber threats continue to evolve, addressing cybersecurity challenges is more urgent than ever. Traditional passwords, long considered foundational to digital security, are increasingly vulnerable to sophisticated attacks like phishing and credential stuffing. With cybercriminals becoming more adept, businesses need more secure and reliable authentication methods. Enter passkeys – an innovative step forward in authentication

Over the years the industry has tied itself in knots in its attempts at augmenting (or upgrading) the password, using all sorts of confusing terminology such as two-factor authentication (2FA), two-step authentication, multifactor authentication (MFA), and the more modern confusion of universal second factor (U2F), Fast IDentity Online 2 (FIDO2), WebAuthn, and passkeys. Up until

Sophos X-Ops’ research, presented at Virus Bulletin 2024, uses ‘multimodal’ AI to classify spam, phishing, and unsafe web content. At the 2024 Virus Bulletin conference, Sophos Principal Data Scientist Younghoo Lee presented a paper on SophosAI’s research into ‘multimodal’ AI (a system that integrates diverse data types into a unified analytical framework). In his talk, Lee explored

The World’s Most Innovative Companies Award by Fast Company is the definitive source for recognizing organizations that transform industries and shape society. Today, we’re celebrating that Fast Company has named Silverfort a 2025 Most Innovative Company. We are honored to be listed in the security category alongside others who are pushing the boundaries of what’s possible to create

We’re thrilled to announce that Datto RMM has taken home top honors in the G2 2025 Awards. Among thousands of solutions, it stood out as a top choice, securing wins in multiple categories. Out of 125,912 products in the contest pool, Datto RMM rose to the top, earning top honors across several categories: Top 100 in the

Have you ever thought how many accounts in your environment operate outside of your visibility and control? One of the biggest identity security blind spots, often ignored by organizations but frequently used by attackers – is Local Accounts. Unlike domain-based accounts that security teams can easily detect and monitor, local accounts are left in the dark with limited

A password generator is an online tool that automatically creates strong, random passwords at the click of a button. To create unique passwords, a password generator combines a variety of uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers and symbols. Password generators dramatically ease the process of creating strong passwords by automatically producing random, lengthy ones – two