Attacker combines phone, email lures into believable, complex attack chain
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
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
Read MoreClustering attacker behavior reveals hidden patterns
Credit to Author: Andrew Brandt| Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2023 10:00:11 +0000
A collection of very specific behaviors, observed by Sophos X-Ops incident response analysts in the lead-up to four separate ransomware attacks in the first quarter of 2023, indicates an unexpected connection between the attacks. In the parlance of the Managed Detection and Response (MDR) team, the peculiarly similar details constitute a threat activity cluster that […]
Read MoreSha zhu pan scam uses AI chat tool to target iPhone and Android users
Credit to Author: Jagadeesh Chandraiah| Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2023 10:00:40 +0000
CryptoRom” fake crypto-trading mobile apps pushed through AI-assisted romance scam, using ChatGPT to lure targets.
Read MoreSophos Central Turns Ten!
Credit to Author: Sally Adam| Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2023 07:25:32 +0000
The world’s most trusted cybersecurity platform now secures more than 25 million devices
Read MoreUncovering an Iranian mobile malware campaign
Credit to Author: Pankaj Kohli| Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2023 10:00:44 +0000
Sophos X-Ops researchers discover a cluster of credential-harvesting apps targeting Iranian bank customers
Read MoreInto the tank with Nitrogen
Credit to Author: Gabor Szappanos| Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2023 10:00:04 +0000
The element originally known as “foul air” stinks up computers as a new initial-access campaign exhibiting some uncommon techniques
Read MoreIntroducing Sophos MDR for Microsoft Defender
Credit to Author: Sally Adam| Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2023 15:41:07 +0000
Strengthen Microsoft Defender with 24/7 human-led threat detection and response from the world’s most trusted MDR service provider.
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