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InfoSec 2017: uno sguardo all’album di famiglia del ransomware

June 14, 2017 admin Le nuove minacce, malware, Per gli utenti, ransomware, SophosLabs

Credit to Author: Sophos Italia| Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2017 15:35:00 +0000

Anche se è ormai considerato dagli addetti ai lavori un argomento ormai trito e ritrito, il ransomware è tra gli argomenti principali di InfoSec Europe 2017. La ragione? Continua a rappresentare un problema esasperante per le aziende e non smette di farla da leone nell’agenda di moltissime conferenze. Recentemente i SophosLabs hanno preso in considerazione […]<img alt=”” border=”0″ src=”https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=news.sophos.com&blog=834173&post=37709&subd=sophos&ref=&feed=1″ width=”1″ height=”1″ /><img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/b-z-U5XTX-I” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Android assediato dal malware – ecco come proteggere il vostro smartphone

May 18, 2017 admin Android, Le nuove minacce, malware, Mobile Security, Per gli utenti, ransomware, SophosLabs

Credit to Author: Sophos Italia| Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2017 06:01:05 +0000

Android assediato dal malware – ecco come proteggere il vostro smartphone Il SophosLabs Malware Forecast 2017 ha segnalato che le infezioni su smartphone stanno balzando alle stelle, in particolar modo per quanto riguarda i dispositivi Android. L’ultimo rapporto sulle minacce di Nokia conferma tale valutazione, mostrando come il malware mobile si sia diffuso più velocemente […]<img alt=”” border=”0″ src=”https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=news.sophos.com&blog=834173&post=2248&subd=sophos&ref=&feed=1″ width=”1″ height=”1″ /><img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/UXnoG2yuWgs” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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See WannaCry ransomware in action

May 17, 2017 admin Adylkuzz, Corporate, microsoft windows, NSA, ransomware, SophosLabs, WannaCry, worms

Credit to Author: Bill Brenner| Date: Wed, 17 May 2017 18:03:23 +0000

We break down the process of the WannaCry ransomware outbreak, including how it spread and demo how Sophos Intercept X protects against it.<img alt=”” border=”0″ src=”https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=news.sophos.com&blog=834173&post=34342&subd=sophos&ref=&feed=1″ width=”1″ height=”1″ /><img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/jqJ-6ruYsmU” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Android malware anti-emulation techniques

April 13, 2017 admin Android, Corporate, malware, SophosLabs

Credit to Author: Bill Brenner| Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2017 15:35:54 +0000

The following report is by SophosLabs Android specialist Chen Yu, with support from Android team members William Lee, Jagadeesh Chandraiah and Ferenc László Nagy. As the amount of Android malware grows, it follows every step of its Windows counterparts when it comes to techniques used to evade emulators used for dynamic analysis. In this blog post, we’ll show some […]

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A first for BSides thanks to SophosLabs researchers

March 13, 2017 admin BSides Budapest, BSidesBUS, Events, SophosLabs

Credit to Author: Bill Brenner| Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2017 12:52:20 +0000

The BSides security conference has gone global since 2009, when it first began in Las Vegas as a place for talks that weren’t accepted by Black Hat or Defcon. The movement has now reached Budapest and, with help from two of our own, the first event was a success. More than 400 people attended BSides […]

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SophosLabs malware forecast points to rising IoT threats, more ransomware

February 13, 2017 admin Android, Events, IoT, linux, MacOS, malware, Microsoft Word Intruder, ransomware, RSA, SophosLabs

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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Sophos Endpoint Protection scores high in SE Labs Q4 2016 testing

January 18, 2017 admin Corporate, Q42016 testing, SE Labs, Sophos Endpoint Protection, SophosLabs

SE Labs has just released its Q4 2016 testing results, and we’re pleased to report that Sophos Endpoint Protection scored high. The results are a testament to Sophos Lab’s diligence in protecting customers against real-time malware threats that are constantly evolving. This week Sophos’ Bill Brenner and Matt Cooke conducted a Facebook Live chat to […]