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CVE-2019-07-08, nicknamed BlueKeep, is a critical remote code execution vulnerability in Windows’ Remote Desktop Services. The bug is considered ‘wormable’ and so severe that Microsoft took the highly unusual step of including patches for the unsupported Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 in its May Patch Tuesday output, alongside patches for the affected operating systems […]

Cybercriminals are resourceful, organized and relentless, and businesses need 24/7 monitoring and management of their network. Yet many organizations don’t have the expertise or in-house security teams to optimally configure and manage security around-the-clock. The solution? Third-party Managed Detection and Response (MDR) services that augment an organization’s security capabilities with the continual monitoring, advanced analytics

Sophos announced the launch of Intercept X Advanced for Server with EDR, bringing the power of Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) to Intercept X for Server. EDR gives you the ability to proactively hunt down evasive threats across your server estates (and endpoints with Intercept X Advanced with EDR), understand the scope and impact of

It’s now one year on since the GDPR came in to effect – a regulation with an aim to standardise data protection laws across the EU, increase the privacy and protection of personal data and extend the rights of the data subject. So what has happened since GDPR go-live this past year, and what have

Discovering that you’ve been the victim of a breach is never pleasant. Perhaps your customers’ data was stolen and now sits in the wilds of the internet. Maybe your intellectual property and trade secret were compromised. Or you could be concerned the adversaries are still actively lurking on your network. If this is you, you

Serving as the storekeeper of your most sensitive assets, from college admissions applications to resumes of executives, databases are relied upon by organizations worldwide to warehouse and make accessible their information. They are your modern-day treasure chest, essential in helping you manage your data in a world where bits and bytes are growing at staggering

GlobalSign (www.globalsign.com), a global Certificate Authority (CA) and leading provider of identity and security solutions for the Internet of Things (IoT), today announced that its popular Digital Signing Service (DSS) supports 2014/55/EU, the newly implemented European Union directive regarding electronic invoicing. The directive defines a common standard for e-invoices to reduce the complexity and legal

As organizations learn that sophisticated attackers are dwelling unnoticed on their networks for months – or even years – on end, you may be seeing the need to move beyond basic threat prevention and become more proactive in identifying and eradicating threats. With 83 days the median time between when attackers gain unauthorized access to

SC Media recently reviewed XG Firewall and awarded it their top 5-star rating across all areas including features, documentation, performance, support, ease of use, and value. In the course of the review, they highlighted many of XG Firewall’s advantages over competing firewall products. The SC Labs Review team examined key areas of the product including

This month, SophosLabs has been examining a new ransomware attack called MegaCortex that uses layers of automation, obfuscation, and a variety of other techniques to infect victims and spread throughout an environment without detection. Fortunately for Sophos customers, Intercept X leverages multiple layers of defense to stop MegaCortex, including: Blocking PsExec from executing the batch