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When Sophos Phish Threat was released in January, we pointed out that: Email remains one of the most problematic sources of infection; and It’s the ordinary, well-meaning people who often let poisonous emails into their organizations. Phishing is an old problem, but news stories continue to show that people remain easy prey. New attacks, old […]

It’s no secret these days that cyber threats are rampant and varied. Ransomware, malware and distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks are not frequently mentioned in the mainstream press, but they are everyday news in technology and finance trade publications. Cyberattacks are an everyday occurrence for some companies, a rare occurrence for others. Some companies

Doctors sometimes make mistakes that harm the patient. Police often fail to protect and serve. When that happens, people rightly demand the failures be analyzed and fixed. But no one ever calls for the elimination of all doctors and police. Why then, do some call for the end of antivirus and anti-malware when failures happen?

The protection capabilities of Intercept X are now available to Endpoint Protection deployments managing their endpoint policy in Sophos Enterprise Console. Stop malware, prevent exploit vulnerabilities and get a deep clean on any potentially hidden malware using the Endpoint Exploit Prevention add-on. Highlights Stops crypto-ransomware and automatically rolls any impacted files back Exploit Prevention mitigates

The field of cyber forensics is getting much more attention lately, mostly because of the keen debate over Russia’s hacking of U.S. political party networks. The public, media and politicians all demand “evidence” of the hacking. Fortunately, sophisticated cyber-security forensics tools are available to assist with this. We cannot pretend to know what evidence the

A recent TripWire study highlights the growing problem of cyberattacks, and whether IT staff feel that their companies have the right combination of skills and technology to cope with various types of cyber threats. Top concerns were (in order of importance) ransomware, distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, malicious insiders, phishing and vulnerability exploits. According

Ransomware is doubtless a rising threat nowadays, putting all small, medium-sized and large businesses at risk. Our IT and security professionals at LogPoint are constantly working to help our clients withstand such attacks. When fighting ransomware, planning and forethought are crucial so you can limit the impact and quickly recover with minimal disruption. Keep in

SophosLabs has released a malware forecast to coincide with the start of RSA Conference 2017. Typically, our research papers focus on Windows, which has traditionally been the largest battleground. While some of the report does indeed look at Microsoft-specific challenges, we decided to focus more on the increasing malware threats directed at platforms where the

Sophos, a global leader in network and endpoint security, today announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Invincea, a visionary provider of next-generation malware protection. Invincea’s endpoint security portfolio is designed to detect and prevent unknown malware and sophisticated attacks via its patented deep learning neural-network algorithms. It has been consistently ranked as

In 2013, organizations worldwide started to take insider threats seriously, thanks to a man named Edward Snowden. Yet, his is just one of many cases of authorized insiders who have caused damage – both intentionally and accidentally – to the organizations that trusted them.  From the Sage Group incident in the UK to the case