Sophos has published findings of a new survey, “The Reality of SMB Cloud Security in 2022.” The survey found that, among Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) users, 56% experienced an increase in the volume of attacks on their organization when compared to the previous year, and 67% were hit byRead More…
Sophos has published its 2023 Threat Report. The report details how the cyberthreat landscape has reached a new level of commercialization and convenience for would-be attackers, with nearly all barriers to entry for committing cybercrime removed through the expansion of cybercrime-as-a-service. The report also addresses how ransomware remains one ofRead More…
Sophos has announced that its endpoint security products ranked as industry best in all three of SE Labs’ protection tests in the third quarter of 2022, achieving AAA ratings across the board. In the Enterprise, SMB, and Consumer categories, Sophos endpoint security products earned a 100% rating for Protection Accuracy,Read More…
Of the organizations surveyed that paid the ransom, the average cost was $2,036,189—more than double the cross-sector average of $812,360 Sophos has published a new sectoral survey report, “The State of Ransomware in Manufacturing and Production,” which found that the sector had the highest average ransom payment across all sectors—$2,036,189Read More…
Sophos has added integration with third-party security solutions to its managed detection and response service. Sophos has launched new third-party security technology compatibilities with Sophos Managed Detection and Response (MDR) to better detect and remediate attacks with speed and precision across diverse customer and operating environments. The industry-leading service withRead More…
Sophos has published a new sectoral survey report, The State of Ransomware in State and Local Government 2022, which found that 72% of state and local government organizations attacked by ransomware had their data encrypted—7% more than the cross-sector average. In fact, only 20% of state and local government organizationsRead More…
Sophos has published a new sectoral survey report, The State of Ransomware in Retail 2022, which found that retail had the second highest rate of ransomware attacks last year of all sectors surveyed after the media, leisure, and entertainment industry. Globally, 77% of retail organisations surveyed were hit—a 75% increaseRead More…
Sophos, announced in the Sophos X-Ops report, “Cookie stealing: the new perimeter bypass,” that active adversaries are increasingly exploiting stolen session cookies to bypass Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) and gain access to corporate resources.Read More…
