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Research of incidents by Sophos finds that phishing, brute force attacks and other identity-based threats have surpassed software vulnerabilities as means of delivering ransomware
Sophos researchers found this operation has similarities or connections to many other campaigns targeting GitHub repositories dating back to August 2022.
In an unusually specific campaign, users searching about the legality of Bengal Cats in Australia are being targeted with the GootLoader malware
Survey Finds 37% of Providers Take Over a Month to Recover From RansomwareRansomware attacks are declining across many sectors - but not in healthcare, where an ongoing surge is reaching a four-year high in incidents, according to new research from security firm Sophos, which surveyed 5,000 IT leaders across 15 sectors and 14 countries between January and February.
An unnamed high-profile government organization in Southeast Asia emerged as the target of a "complex, long-running" Chinese state-sponsored cyber espionage operation codenamed Crimson Palace
Sophos researchers said that the attackers’ social engineering tactics covered a range of guest scenarios
Sophos researchers said the increased success rates was partly due to threat actors speeding up their attack timelines
Sophos researchers highlight a highly sophisticated operation utilizing fake trading pools of cryptocurrency from DeFi trading applications
Sophos security researchers shared the findings in a report published today
Sophos found two fraudulent crypto trading apps
As hundreds of staff axed this week More than 4,000 public-facing Sophos firewalls remain vulnerable to a critical remote code execution bug disclosed last year and patched months later, according to security researchers.…
Sophos research unveiled at Black Hat Europe details a thriving subeconomy of fraud on the cybercrime underground, aimed at Dark Web forum users.
I'm the smartest guy in the room, I'm sure the message from IRS refunds is legit Scammers have scammed their fellow cybercriminals out of more than $2.5 million on three dark web forums alone over the last 12 months, according to Sophos researchers.…
Company research indicates ransomware gangs may be working in concert to orchestrate multiple attacks, explains Sophos’ John Shier.
Failing to fix flaws, a crowded threat group scene, RaaS, and dependencies among crooks are fueling the trend Security experts spent years warning enterprises to expect cyberattacks and to plan their defenses accordingly, now Sophos researchers are saying organizations shouldn't be surprised if they get attacked multiple times.…
Sophos' John Shier joins Dark Reading's Terry Sweeney at Dark Reading News Desk during RSA Conference to discuss the ransomware problem.
Miscreants Googled for post-intrusion tools before downloading them onto servers, PCs Lockbit ransomware operators spent nearly six months in a government agency's network, deleting logs and using Chrome to download hacking tools, before eventually deploying extortionware, according to Sophos threat researchers.…