Cryptominers on Google Play: how Sophos protects customers

Credit to Author: Bill Brenner| Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2018 17:38:24 +0000

SophosLabs has discovered a new, worrisome dimension to the trend of attackers targeting Android mobile users for cryptocurrency mining<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/cdLYcpn6-80″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Web-based cryptominers are malware

Credit to Author: Bill Brenner| Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2017 16:50:40 +0000

Cryptominers running in a browser without an organization’s consent are parasitic and should be considered malware<img alt=”” border=”0″ src=”https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=news.sophos.com&#038;blog=834173&#038;post=44653&#038;subd=sophos&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1″ width=”1″ height=”1″ /><img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/LspUwUi25_k” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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3 semplici consigli per tenersi alla larga da questa stagione di phishing

Credit to Author: Tiziana Carboni| Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2017 15:49:22 +0000

E’ ufficialmente iniziata la stagione più calda dello shopping. Ecco alcuni suggerimenti per aiutare voi, i vostri amici e parenti a non cadere nella trappola del phishing.<img alt=”” border=”0″ src=”https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=news.sophos.com&#038;blog=834173&#038;post=44341&#038;subd=sophos&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1″ width=”1″ height=”1″ /><img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/3bipHGiGZiQ” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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SophosLabs: a look at 5 Ransomware as a Service (Raas) kits

Credit to Author: Bill Brenner| Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2017 16:46:19 +0000

A SophosLabs investigation into 5 RaaS kits<img alt=”” border=”0″ src=”https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=news.sophos.com&#038;blog=834173&#038;post=44380&#038;subd=sophos&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1″ width=”1″ height=”1″ /><img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/BvNmXx5Tgqc” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Sophos to explore Android threats at AVAR 2017 conference

Credit to Author: Bill Brenner| Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2017 13:47:26 +0000

Android malware is at the top of the agenda, including ways to combat it through machine learning<img alt=”” border=”0″ src=”https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=news.sophos.com&#038;blog=834173&#038;post=44189&#038;subd=sophos&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1″ width=”1″ height=”1″ /><img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/nm39-Dfyifw” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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