SophosLabs Ransomware Behavior Report
SophosLabs 2020 Threat Report
WannaCry Aftershock
Machine Learning With Feature Selection Using Principal Component Analysis for Malware Detection: A Case Study

Today's Malware

Real-time data on the top malware threats from our award-winning SophosLabs Team.More

Today's Spam Threats

We monitor spam from all sources, every day. View our spam dashboard for real-time data.More
Adware and PUAs
Controlled Applications

IP Address Lookup


If you can see this then you have CSS disabled. This is a honeypot to catch bots, leave this textbox empty



127.0.0.1

An error has occurred, please try again later.

SophosLabs maintains lists of IP addresses suspected to be spam sources.

Submit An Appeal

IP Address Classification Policy

Threat Awareness

Share your questions, answers, advice and comments about threats in the Sophos Community.

Visit the Forum

Technical Papers

Here you will find a range of papers aimed at system administrators and security specialists on a variety of topical issues. Some of these papers have been presented at security seminars and technical conferences around the world.
All Research

Featured Videos

Attacking/Defending Machine Learning Based SoftwareJoshua Saxe

Getting Insight Into Deep Neural NetworksRichard Harang

Network security threats explained: Social engineering

Petya Ransomware Attack: How to Protect Yourself

How WannaCry ransomware works

Comparing the incomparables Gábor Szappanos

Practical Shellcode Analysis Gábor Szappanos

The AI Challenge

Are you smarter than a machine? Play the game to find out.

Play the Game

Meet a SophosLabs Researcher

SophosLabs has a talented team of threat researchers and data scientists worldwide.

Learn More

Latest News

All News
06
Dec

SophosLabs Intelix: Threat intelligence APIs for everyone

Our new, cloud-based threat intelligence and threat analysis platform has launched on AWS Marketplace.
02
Dec

Emotet’s Central Position in the Malware Ecosystem

As the world rolls into another Cyber Monday, and online shoppers continue their hunt for the best deals, SophosLabs wants to remind you that there’s a metaphorical malware elephant in the room that would like nothing more than to steal financial information, and the use of your computer, for nefarious ends. The Emotet Ecosystem infographic, […]
19
Nov

Sophos 2020 Threat Report: AI is the new battleground

The SophosLabs 2020 Threat Report highlights a growing battle as smart automation technologies continue to evolve.
14
Nov

How the most damaging ransomware evades IT security

This article is a condensed version of our report How Ransomware Behaves: What defenders should know about the top families
12
Nov

Patch Tuesday targets Hyper-V virtual machines in November, 2019 updates

Microsoft released their monthly security updates for November, 2019, this morning. This month, Microsoft said the company fixed a total of 73 vulnerabilities across its product lines. Thirteen of the fixes address problems Microsoft classifies as Critical, the most urgent type of problem to address. The company classified the repair of an additional 59 bugs […]
05
Nov

SophosLabs surveys the threat landscape for 2020 trends

SophosLabs this morning published its annual assessment on the state of internet and information security, and our outlook on what security threats are likely to affect the world in the coming year: the SophosLabs 2020 Threat Report, available for download now. This year, our report broadens the scope of our analysis to cover topics beyond […]
All News

SophosLabs Overview

Data Science
  • Machine learning model development
  • Artificial intelligence research, thought leadership
Threat Intelligence
  • Rapid response to new threats and escalations
  • Deep research into threats and attack profiles
Operations
  • Automation of threat analysis and response
  • Quality assurance testing, analysis, and metrics