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Credit to Author: Matt Wixey| Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2023 10:00:07 +0000

Malvertising campaigns using paid ads result in infostealer and backdoor attacks

July 18, 2023 admin

Sophos Discovers Ransomware Abusing “Sophos” Name

Credit to Author: Andrew Brandt| Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2023 21:20:01 +0000

Attackers will sometimes use the name of security companies in their malware. While performing a regular search on VirusTotal looking for interesting malware and new ransomware variants using our threat hunting rules this week, a Sophos X-Ops analyst discovered a novel ransomware executable that appears to use “Sophos” in the UI of the panel alerting […]

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July 18, 2023 admin

Sophos Firewall Receives the 2023 Competitive Strategy Leadership Award

Credit to Author: Chris McCormack| Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2023 18:30:03 +0000

Sophos has received Frost & Sullivan’s prestigious Competitive Strategy Leadership Award in the next-generation firewall (NGFW) industry.

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July 13, 2023 admin

Update 1: July’s Patch Tuesday: A rich harvest

Credit to Author: Angela Gunn| Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2023 17:18:08 +0000

Over a hundred Windows patches, a high-impact advisory, and a guest appearance by… Internet Explorer?!

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July 11, 2023 admin

Microsoft Revokes Malicious Drivers in Patch Tuesday Culling

Credit to Author: Andrew Brandt| Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2023 17:20:38 +0000

In December 2022, Microsoft published their monthly Windows Update packages that included an advisory about malicious drivers, signed by Microsoft and other code-signing authorities, that Sophos X-Ops (and others) observed threat actors abusing during attacks. Today, Microsoft issued Security Advisory ADV230001 as part of their July Windows Update that addresses Sophos’ discovery of more than […]

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July 11, 2023 admin