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British security provider Sophos plans to acquire Dell subsidiary Secureworks in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $859 million. The deal, announced in a joint release on Monday, will grant Sophos control ...

While inexpensive and crudely built, the ransomware variants still post a threat to smaller companies and individuals, Sophos says ...

Enterprises that ignore their data backups, in contemplating ransomware, do so at their own peril, according to cybersecurity firm Sophos. Protecting backups will significantly reduce the harm to a company hit by ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 -- 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 ...