Sophos showcases dark web discoveries, emerging threat research and machine learning innovations at Black Hat USA 2019, BSides Las Vegas and DEF CON 27

LAS VEGAS, NV  — Agosto 6, 2019 —

Sophos (LSE: SOPH), a global leader in network and endpoint security, today unveiled detailed threat research from SophosLabs on Baldr, an information-stealer that first appeared January 2019. The report, Baldr vs the World, provides a deep dive on the popularity of the malware and its unique killchain characteristics. The in-depth research also reveals Baldr’s inner workings, including cybercriminal behaviors and missteps on both the selling and buying side that potentially led to its sudden disappearance from the deep web in June.

Baldr vs The World is the latest in a series of threat research examining evolving attacker techniques that will be showcased at Black Hat USA, DEF CON 27 and BSidesLV taking place this week in Las Vegas. Speaker presentations and live booth sessions will also spotlight machine learning innovation, including an interactive demonstration on hacking facial recognition systems at DEF CON’s AI Village.

Sophos at BSides Las Vegas

Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019, at 10:00 a.m. PDT  
Security Data Science -- Getting the Fundamentals Right 
Richard Harang, Sophos director of data science research 
The Tuscany, Ground Truth (Firenze)

Sophos at Black Hat USA: Booth #954

Wednesday, Aug. 7 and Thursday, Aug. 8 
Sophos threat researchers will be at booth #954 to discuss Baldr research findings and the recent discovery of MegaCortex ransomware; explain the emergence of automated, active attacks and dark web developments; and dispel threat hunting misconceptions. 
Mandalay Bay, Shoreline Hall

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Sophos at DEF CON 27

Friday, Aug. 9, 2019, at 2:45 p.m PDT  
Loss is More! Improving Malware Detectors by Learning Additional Tasks 
Dr. Ethan Rudd, Sophos senior data scientist 
Bally’s, AI Village, Skyview 3

Saturday, Aug. 10, 2019, at 11:30 a.m. PDT  
A Tutorial on Hacking Facial Recognition Systems 
Richard Harang, Sophos director of data science research, and Dr. Ethan Rudd, Sophos senior data scientist 
Bally’s, AI Village, Skyview 3

Saturday, Aug. 10, 2019, at 2:30 p.m. PDT  
Modern Debugging^HWarfare with WinDbg Preview 
Chris Alladoum, SophosLabs security researcher, and Axel Souchet, computer and security enthusiast 
The Flamingo, Lake Mead II (DEF CON Workshop Space)

Sobre a Sophos

A Sophos é líder mundial em segurança cibernética next-gen, protegendo mais de 500.000 organizações e milhões de consumidores distribuídos em mais de 150 países contra as mais avançadas ameaças cibernéticas da atualidade. Com o poder da inteligência de ameaças, IA e Machine Learning oferecidos pela SophosLabs e SophosAI, a Sophos oferece um amplo portfólio de produtos e serviços avançados para proteger usuários, redes e endpoints contra ransomware, malware, exploit, phishing e toda a infinidade de ataques cibernéticos. A Sophos oferece um painel único de gerenciamento integrado baseado na nuvem: o Sophos Central, a peça central do ecossistema de segurança cibernética adaptativa que fornece um Data Lake centralizado que se utiliza de um rico acervo de APIs abertas disponíveis para clientes, parceiros, desenvolvedores e outros fornecedores de cibersegurança. Os produtos e serviços Sophos são vendidos através de parceiros revendedores e provedores de serviços gerenciados (MSP) em todo o mundo. A Sophos está sediada em Oxford, no Reino Unido. Mais informações se encontram disponíveis no site www.sophos.com.