A week in security (July 17 – July 23)

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2017 16:41:39 +0000

A compilation of security news and blog posts from the 17th of July to the 23rd. We discuss the recent Dark Web market take downs and lots more.

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Who else crushed it at RSA?

Credit to Author: Dana Torgersen| Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2017 18:00:25 +0000

Malwarebytes was proud to once again take part in this spectacular week-long event. Thousands of customers, new businesses, students, press, and industry analysts made their way to our new booth to catch our giant threat theater presentation, see a demo, grab a new collectible T-shirt, and say “Hi” to our robot (who was officially named ZERO).

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How to Bury a Major Breach Notification

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2017 17:44:39 +0000

Amid the hustle and bustle of the RSA Security Conference in San Francisco last week, researchers at RSA released a startling report that received very little press coverage relative to its overall importance. The report detailed a malware campaign that piggybacked on a popular piece of software used by system administrators at some of the nation’s largest companies. Incredibly, the report did not name the affected software, and the vendor in question has apparently chosen to bury its breach disclosure. This post is an attempt to remedy that.

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RSA Conference 2017: Security diet for modern attacks

Credit to Author: Bill Brenner| Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2017 16:14:54 +0000

Couldn’t get to RSA? We’ve got you covered on all the juiciest presentations. In this Facebook Live presentation, Sophos principal research scientist Chester Wisniewski and channel SE John Shier use the food pyramid to show what they see as the proper balance of tools in the fight against online attackers.   If you haven’t caught […]

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RSA Conference 2017: Free hoodies, new socks and great talks

Credit to Author: Charlotte Williams| Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2017 19:32:01 +0000

RSA Conference 2017 kicks off today and we’ve got all sorts of things lined up for you. You will be able to catch up with Sophos experts at our booth, 3201 in North Expo Hall. Bring your questions and queries to test us and your quick-smarts to test yourself. Will you be able to spot […]

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SophosLabs malware forecast points to rising IoT threats, more ransomware

Credit to Author: Bill Brenner| Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2017 12:46:34 +0000

SophosLabs has released a malware forecast to coincide with the start of RSA Conference 2017. Typically, our research papers focus on Windows, which has traditionally been the largest battleground. While some of the report does indeed look at Microsoft-specific challenges, we decided to focus more on the increasing malware threats directed at platforms where the […]

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