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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 […]
09
Oct

Microsoft fixes drop in number for October, 2019 updates

A relatively low number of vulnerabilities were addressed in this month's Windows update rollups
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