Beyond Detection: Enhancing Your Security Posture with Predictive Cyberthreat Insights

The goal of cybersecurity is not just to respond to today’s threats but to anticipate tomorrow’s challenges. I recently had an enlightening conversation with Christopher Budd, Director of Sophos X-Ops Intelligence, to ...
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‘Pig Butchering’ Scammers Now Using AI Chatbots to Lure Victims

The rapidly evolving “pig butchering” ecosystem is adding another – and unsurprising – tool to its malicious arsenal: generative AI. Operators behind what cybersecurity firm Sophos dubs “CryptoRom” scams are now using ...
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Apple & Microsoft Patch Tuesday, July 2023 Edition

Apple & Microsoft Patch Tuesday, July 2023 Edition

Microsoft Corp. today released software updates to quash 130 security bugs in its Windows operating systems and related software, including at least five flaws that are already seeing active exploitation. Meanwhile, Apple ...
Microsoft Patch Tuesday, December 2022 Edition

Microsoft Patch Tuesday, December 2022 Edition

Microsoft has released its final monthly batch of security updates for 2022, fixing more than four dozen security holes in its various Windows operating systems and related software. The most pressing patches ...

Extra, Extra, VERT Reads All About It: Cybersecurity News for the Week of September 26, 2022

All of us at Tripwire’s Vulnerability Exposure and Research Team (VERT) are constantly looking out for interesting stories and developments in the infosec world. Here’s what cybersecurity news stood out to us ...

The State of Security: Ransomware

Sophos Labs recently released its annual global study, State of Ransomware 2022, which covers real-world ransomware experiences in 2021, their financial and operational impact on organizations, as well as the role of ...
Conti’s Ransomware Toll on the Healthcare Industry

Conti’s Ransomware Toll on the Healthcare Industry

Conti -- one of the most ruthless and successful Russian ransomware groups -- publicly declared during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic that it would refrain from targeting healthcare providers. But new ...
Cyber Security Roundup for December 2020

Cyber Security Roundup for December 2020

A roundup of UK focused Cyber and Information Security News, Blog Posts, Reports and general Threat Intelligence from the previous calendar month, November 2020.Manchester United FC remains impacted by a seemly major ...
Cyber Security Roundup for May 2020

Cyber Security Roundup for May 2020

A roundup of UK focused Cyber and Information Security News, Blog Posts, Reports and general Threat Intelligence from the previous calendar month, April 2020.As well reported, UK foreign exchange firm Travelex business ...
Zero-Day Flaw Allowed Attackers to Achieve RCE on Firewalls

Zero-Day Flaw Allowed Attackers to Achieve RCE on Firewalls

British security firm Sophos determined that malicious actors had abused a zero-day vulnerability to achieve remote code execution (RCE) on some of its firewall products. According to Sophos, the attack chain began ...