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Retail Organizations Attacked by Ransomware Increasingly Unable to Halt an Attack in Progress, Sophos Survey Finds

PR News Desk 09/11/2023

Sophos, a global leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service, today shared findings from its sector survey report, “The State of Ransomware in Retail 2023,” which found that only 26% of retail organizations this past year were able to disrupt a ransomware attack before their

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Cybercriminals Successfully Encrypted Data in Ransomware Attacks

PR News Desk 02/11/2023

Sophos, a global leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service, today shared its sector survey report, “The State of Ransomware in Healthcare 2023,” which revealed that, among those organizations surveyed, cybercriminals successfully encrypted data in nearly 75% of ransomware attacks. This is the highest rate of encryption in the past three years and […]

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The whole world is seen as fair play for cybercriminals

Arnold Pinto 21/10/2023

Sophos presents advanced cybersecurity solutions at GITEX Global 2023 Cybercriminals – individuals or organisations – invariably do not target specific regions, such as the Middle East, to launch cyberattacks. Instead, they treat the whole world as fair play for their nefarious activities. Speaking at GITEX Global 2023, John Shier, Field CTO at Sophos, noted that […]

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Sha Zhu Pan Scammers Use Fake Cryptocurrency Trading Pools

PR News Desk 30/09/2023

Sophos, a global leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service, today released findings on a major shā zhū pán (pig butchering) operation utilizing fake trading pools of cryptocurrency (liquidity pools) to steal more than $1 million. The report, “Latest Evolution of ‘Pig Butchering’ Scam Lures Victim in Fake Mining Scheme,” details the story […]

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CryptoRom Scammers Add AI Chat Tool, Like ChatGPT, and Fake Hacks on Crypto Accounts to Their Toolset, Sophos Finds

News Desk 08/08/2023

Dubai, United Arab Emirates – August 8, 2023 – Sophos, a global leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service, today released new findings on CryptoRom scams—a subset of pig butchering (shā zhū pán) schemes designed to trick users of dating apps into making fake cryptocurrency investments—in its latest report, “Sha Zhu Pan Scam […]

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The Education Sector Reports the Highest Rate of Ransomware Attacks, Sophos Survey Finds

News Desk 02/08/2023

Sophos, a global leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service, released a new sectoral survey report, “The State of Ransomware in Education 2023,” which found that education reported the highest rate of ransomware attacks in 2022. Over the past year, 79% of higher educational organizations surveyed reported being hit by ransomware, while 80% […]

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More Than Two-Thirds of Manufacturing Companies Hit by Ransomware Had Their Data Encrypted

News Desk 03/07/2023

Dubai, United Arab Emirates – July 3, 2023 – Sophos, a global leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service  today announced a new sectoral survey report, “The State of Ransomware in Manufacturing and Production 2023,” which found that in more than two-thirds (68%) of ransomware attacks against this sector, the adversaries successfully encrypted […]

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Data Encryption from Ransomware Reaches Highest Level in Four Years, Sophos’ Annual State of Ransomware Report Finds

News Desk 11/05/2023

Doha, Qatar – May 11, 2023 – Sophos, a global leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service, today released its annual “State of Ransomware 2023” report, which found that in 76% of ransomware attacks against surveyed organizations, adversaries succeeded in encrypting data. This is the highest rate of data encryption from ransomware since […]

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Cyberattackers Leveraged More Than 500 Unique Tools and Tactics in 2022

News Desk 26/04/2023

Dubai, United Arab Emirates – April 26, 2023 – Sophos, a global leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service, today released its Active Adversary Report for Business Leaders, an in-depth look at the changing behaviors and attack techniques that adversaries used in 2022. The data, analyzed from more than 150 Sophos Incident Response […]

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Sophos Promotes Joe Levy to President of Sophos Technology Group

News Desk 12/04/2023

Dubai, United Arab Emirates – April 12, 2023 – Sophos, a global leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service, today announced the promotion of Joe Levy to president of the Sophos Technology Group (STG). Sophos also appointed Bill Robbins president, Worldwide Field Operations.  Levy is currently Sophos’ chief technology officer and chief product […]

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93% of Organizations Find the Execution of Essential Security Operation Tasks Challenging

News Desk 05/04/2023

Dubai, United Arab Emirates  – April 5, 2023 – Sophos, a global leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service, today published a new survey report, “The State of Cybersecurity 2023: The Business Impact of Adversaries on Defenders,” which found that, globally, 93% of organizations find the execution of some essential security operation tasks, […]

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Sophos Endpoint Security Advancements Improve Cyberthreat Defenses

News Desk 15/03/2023

Dubai, United Arab Emirates  – March 15, 2023 – Sophos, a global leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service, today introduced innovative advancements to its portfolio of industry-leading endpoint security offerings. New adaptive active adversary protection; Linux malware protection enhancements; account health check capabilities; an integrated zero

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Sophos Named a Leader in 2022 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platform

News Desk 07/03/2023

Dubai, United Arab Emirates – March 7, 2023 – Sophos, a global leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service, today announced that it has once again been named a Leader in the 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Endpoint Protection Platforms (EPP). This is the 13th consecutive time that Sophos is positioned as a […]

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Sophos Expands Firewall Portfolio with Enterprise-Grade Appliances

News Desk 23/02/2023

Dubai, United Arab Emirates – February 23, 2023  – Sophos, a global leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service, today announced the expansion of its next-generation firewall portfolio with two new high-end, enterprise-grade XGS Series appliances. The new XGS 7500 and 8500 models provide unrivaled performance and protection for large

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Sophos Investigates Two Active Cyberfraud Operations

News Desk 14/02/2023

Dubai, United Arab Emirates – February 14, 2023 –Sophos, a global leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service, today released details of two expansive, still operational, pig butchering or sha zhu pan rings (elaborate and lengthy financial fraud scams that can cost victims thousands of dollars) that scammers are operating from Asia. One […]

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 Sophos Details First Fake Apps Found on Apple’s App Store

News Desk 02/02/2023

Dubai, United Arab Emirates – February 2, 2023 – Sophos, a global leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service, today released new findings on CryptoRom scams—elaborate financial fraud schemes that prey on and trick dating app users into making fake cryptocurrency investments—in its latest report, “Fraudulent Trading Apps Sneak into Apple and Google

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Sophos is the Top Ranked and Sole Leader in the Omdia Universe Report for Comprehensive XDR Solutions

News Desk 12/01/2023

Dubai, United Arab Emirates – January 12, 2023 – Sophos, a global leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service, today announced that its Sophos Intercept X Advanced with XDR solution has been named the top-ranked and sole leader in the Omdia Universe report for comprehensive extended detection and response (XDR) solutions. The global research […]