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37% of cyberattacks are discovered on servers, making them the most likely place to identify an attack in an organization. That’s one of the alarming stats taken from a recent Sophos survey of 2,700 IT managers around the world. But why are servers such tempting targets for hackers? 1. Servers are high value Servers often […]

For years, security was cited as a prime reason not to put sensitive data or valuable workloads into the public cloud. It’s safe to say that situation has changed. In fact, the CyberArk Global Advanced Threat Landscape Report 2019: Focus on Cloud found that the vast majority (94 percent) of the 1,000 global organizations surveyed

The recent attack by China on Cellular companies – called Operation Soft Cell – is part of an espionage campaign that leverages privileged access in privileged accounts. Compromising credentials remains the weapon of choice for attackers and a top attack pattern. We first encountered this pattern when Edward Snowden revealed Operation Socialist, a CIA and

In the last week both British Airways (BA) and Marriott Hotels have hit the headlines because of eyewatering GDPR fines – $229 million for BA and $123 million for Marriott. The fines show that the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), has given enforcers like the UK’s ICO (Information Commissioner’s Office), some serious teeth. BA’s fine

Given the simplicity and cost-effectiveness of the public cloud, it’s no surprise that more and more organizations are turning to Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP). You can spin up a new instance in minutes, scale resources up and down whenever you need while only paying for what you use,

Tourists aren’t the only ones looking at Florida this summer. As the Sunshine State ramps up to greet a flock of vacationers, it’s also facing some far less welcome visitors. Over the last few weeks, cybercriminals have targeted Florida with advanced ransomware attacks requesting heavy payments in return for restoring data. In one example, the

Sophos Intercept X continues to perform well in third party tests, and we thought we’d share a few recent results. Those results include a 100% total accuracy rating by SE Labs, a #1 ranking by AV-Comparatives for malware protection, and an Editors’ Choice designation by PC Magazine. Our Mac protection also joins in on the

Since September 2014 (that makes 29 tests in a row!), Sophos Mobile Security has achieved the highest possible score in the AV-Test for Android malware detection, earning maximum scores across all categories. In the May test we scored 6.0 for protection – the highest possible score – and had no false positive detections. Our intuitive

At Sophos, we appreciate how hard it is to solve security problems when developing applications – after all, we’ve dedicated the past 30 years to innovating and improving computer security. Since founding SophosLabs, we’ve leveraged the expertise of our security engineers and researchers, and their intelligence and analysis services, using these as the foundation of

Cybercriminals are becoming increasingly proficient at infiltrating enterprises to steal data for profit, acquire intellectual assets or to simply cause destruction. High profile breaches frequently making the headlines however are just the tip of the iceberg with global losses due to cybercrime projected to hit a staggering eight trillion dollars by 2020. Enterprises today are