More UK security firms included on latest Cybersecurity 500 list
Poor showing improves with growing number of UK security firms set to make the list in 2015
John E Dunn | 20 Apr | Read more
Poor showing improves with growing number of UK security firms set to make the list in 2015
John E Dunn | 20 Apr | Read more
Sophos generally steers clear of pointing to a single patch from Microsoft's Patch Tuesday, but is breaking its own rule this month by highlighting one it says can prevent a world of hurt.
Tim Greene | 17 Apr | Read more
Antivirus provider, Panda Security, was left scrambling for a solution after it mistakenly flagged itself as malware.
Jared Newman | 14 Mar | Read more
Criminal hackers aren't as smart as those portrayed in the movies and on TV, according to a new report from Sophos Ltd. -- but those behind advanced persistent threats are even dumber.
Maria Korolov | 05 Feb | Read more
Malware authors continued to outpace security vendors in the second half of 2014, releasing so many and so varied malware strains that in some months security tools from major vendors did not detect any of the malware they were presented with, according to the results of eThreatz automated malware testing.
David Braue | 15 Jan | Read more
Are you a criminal looking for vulnerable computers in a particular geographic area so that you can, say, attack a specific bank based in that region?
Maria Korolov | 24 Dec | Read more
The criminals responsible for a recently-discovered piece of ransomware called VirRansom have raided the dirty tricks locker and pulled out a technique experts assumed was extinct – old-fashioned virus-like replication.
John E Dunn | 17 Dec | Read more
Sophos is betting entirely on the cloud in a bid to make it easier for understaffed IT departments to manage cyberattacks.
Jeremy Kirk | 13 Nov | Read more
Europe could have the strictest data protection laws in the world if the current draft of the rules are implemented, according to security IT provider Sophos.
Anh Nguyen | 02 Oct | Read more
For the Cleveland Indians' IT department, dealing with malware on behalf of hundreds of Windows-using employees at the baseball team's Progressive Field data center operations can be a little bit like a pitcher facing a stacked batting line-up: a constant battle.
Ellen Messmer | 27 Aug | Read more
Don't worry, you're not the only one with more questions than answers about the 1.2 billion user credentials amassed by Russian hackers.
Martyn Williams | 07 Aug | Read more
It's generally accepted that antivirus programs provide a necessary protection layer, but organizations should audit such products before deploying them on their systems because many of them contain serious vulnerabilities, a researcher warned.
Lucian Constantin | 31 Jul | Read more
A vulnerability allows attackers to disable Microsoft's antimalware products by sending specifically crafted files to users via websites, email or instant messaging applications.
Lucian Constantin | 19 Jun | Read more
Yesterday data security company Sophos released the results of a survey it conducted on enterprise use of popular cloud-storage services such as Dropbox, Box, Google Drive and OneDrive.
Sophos has added file-level encryption to its mobile security software so that users of Android or Apple iOS devices with Sophos Mobile Control 4.0 can share encrypted files.
Ellen Messmer | 29 May | Read more