Articles about Sophos

Don’t get held to ransom this festive season

Cyber security vendors warn of prevalence of ransomware and email-driven attacks.

Cyber Insight partners with Sophos

By merging Cyber Insight's local SOC capabilities with Sophos' tools and threat intelligence, clients receive a holistic cyber security service that is globally informed and locally responsive.

Sophos to acquire Secureworks in $859m all-cash deal

Transaction combines experience, products, and services to improve the resilience and security posture of businesses, especially SMEs.

SA firms changing stance on cyber security insurance

Research by Sophos indicates that cyber security insurance is no longer ‘a nice to have’.

Cyber attacks on third parties raise risks for SA financial services

While threat actors’ goals are ultimately money, making hostages out of data and software is their common strategy.

Ransomware recovery cost averages $1.04m in SA - Sophos

Research shows that cyber criminals are targeting back-up systems to complicate recovery efforts and demand more money.

‘Remote Desktop Protocol abuse behind 90% of attacks’

Level of RDP abuse unprecedented since launch of Sophos Active Adversary Report in 2020.

SA hospitality sector a target for new malware campaign

The campaign targets hotels and other operators in the sector with password-stealing malware, says Ross Anderson, Sophos business unit manager at Duxbury Networking.

Sophos helps local MSPs tap into cyber security business opportunities

Sophos' MSP Connect Flex programme addresses the complexity of offering managed cyber security services.

Tarsus On Demand, Sophos sign cyber defence pact

In a strategic move, the partnership aims to provide a one-stop shop for cloud services and cyber security.

Ten things you may have missed at CompTIA EMEA Member & Partner Conference 2023

As many companies increasingly recognise the value of tech certifications, the EMEA conference offered an opportunity to hear insights into the certification roadmap for the next year.

Telephony fraud a serious concern

Oracle Communications' Security Shield evaluates calls crossing an enterprise’s network edge, detects malicious call signatures and behaviours and produces a risk assessment for each call.