Sophos announced that it has once again been positioned in the “Leaders” quadrant of Gartner, Inc.’s September 18, 2018, “Magic Quadrant for Unified Threat Management (SMB Multifunction Firewalls).” As one of only three vendors positioned as a leader, SophosRead More…

Harish Chib, Vice President for Middle East & Africa at Sophos explains how not to let your network become part of the next global botnet attack Botnets are large volumes of distributed networked computers and devices that have been taken over by a cybercriminal.Read More…

Sophos reminded football fans of how cybercriminals have used people’s interest in the sport to launch cyber attacks. Football has been targeted before by those who want to turn international community events into attacks. It’s a sad fact, that cyber-attacks often go hand in hand with major sporting events, includingRead More…

Sophos in its global survey unearthed all The Dirty Secrets of Network Firewalls, which revealed that IT managers cannot identify 45 percent of their organization’s network traffic. In fact, nearly one-in-four cannot identify 70 percent of their network traffic. The lack of visibility creates significant security challenges for today’s businesses and impactsRead More…

Paul Ducklin, Senior Technologist, Sophos talks about the malware family that had infiltrated Google Play by presenting itself as a bunch of handy utilities. Sophos reported the offending apps to Google, and they’ve now been pulled from the Play Store, but not before some of them attracted more than 500,000 downloads.Read More…

As interest in cryptocurrency rises, the bad guys are finding illicit ways to cash in. Their weapon of choice: cryptomining programs. Here’s how mining programs fit into the business of trading digital currency, and how online thieves have corrupted the process.Read More…