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Generative AI policy enforcement with Sophos Firewall

August 29, 2023 admin Firewall, Network, products & services, sophos firewall

Credit to Author: Chris McCormack| Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2023 16:23:51 +0000

Full control over which Generative AI solutions to block, accelerate, or simply monitor.

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For the win? Offensive research contests on criminal forums

August 29, 2023 admin exploit, Featured, marketplaces, sophos x-ops, threat research, XSS

Credit to Author: Matt Wixey| Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2023 10:00:17 +0000

We explore some of the entries in recent cybercrime research competitions, and what they say about threat actor innovation and priorities

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Ransomware actors log on when you log off. Here’s how to stop them.

August 23, 2023 admin products & services, ransomware, security operations, sophos mdr, sophos x-ops

Credit to Author: Sally Adam| Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2023 11:29:54 +0000

With 90% of ransomware attacks occurring outside standard business hours, Sophos’ 24/7 Managed Detection and Response (MDR) service is now an essential part of an effective security stack.

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Time keeps on slippin’ slippin’ slippin’: The 2023 Active Adversary Report for Tech Leaders

August 23, 2023 admin active adversary report, Active Directory, attribution, detection, dwell time, Featured, Incident Response, mfa, mtr, RDP, sophos x-ops, threat research

Credit to Author: Angela Gunn| Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2023 10:01:02 +0000

A deep dive into incident-response cases from the first half of this year finds both attackers and defenders picking up the pace

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NDR for XDR now available in early access

August 14, 2023 admin ndr, products & services

Credit to Author: Karl Ackerman| Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2023 09:00:11 +0000

Don’t delay: the early access program runs now through December.

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The State of Ransomware in Healthcare 2023

August 10, 2023 admin healthcare, products & services, ransomware, solutions

Credit to Author: Doug Aamoth| Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2023 13:00:57 +0000

How ransomware impacts the healthcare industry, including the frequency, root causes of attacks, and data recovery costs.

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Attacker combines phone, email lures into believable, complex attack chain

August 10, 2023 admin defcon, electron, Featured, image spam, notepad++, socat, Social engineering, sophos x-ops, threat research, Tor, war stories

Credit to Author: Andrew Brandt| Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2023 10:00:10 +0000

A social engineering phone call lends authenticity to the attacker’s malicious email

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A piñata of patches for Microsoft in August

August 9, 2023 admin AMD, cve-2023-20569, cve-2023-38180, Featured, microsoft, Patch Tuesday, threat research

Credit to Author: Angela Gunn| Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2023 18:28:41 +0000

A lighter month than July with just 73 fixes on tap, but a phalanx of advisories and third-party alerts will keep sysadmins bashing away