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Report: Cyber criminals use 500 tools and tactics

5 May 2023

In its Active Adversary Report, Sophos describes how and with what cybercriminals carried out the most attacks in 2022. The shocking result: they used more than 500 different tools and tactics. This is how ransomware stays on the rise. Sophos has released its Active Adversary Playbook for Business Leaders. The report provides an in-depth look at the changing behaviors and attack techniques attackers will employ in 2022. Data from more than 150 Sophos Incident Response cases was analyzed for this report. Sophos researchers identified more than 500 unique tools and techniques, including 118 "Living off...

ChatGPT 4: The lawyer who knows how to lie perfectly

30 April 2023

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The update for ChatGPT to version 4 was eagerly awaited and, according to the manufacturer Open AI, is said to represent the “most advanced” AI technology and even passed a bar exam with top marks in a test. However, the only thing that ChatGPT can recreate are lies that are hardly recognizable in the factual texts, according to Sophos security expert Chester Wisniewski in an interview. How does a representative of the IT security industry see the rapid development in chat AI and how does he classify the resulting opportunities and possible disadvantages? Chester Wisniewski, Principal Researcher at Sophos, has...

Companies: 93 percent have problems with security tasks

26 April 2023

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New global study by Sophos confirms: 93 percent of companies have problems with basic security tasks. The risk is also high: 75 percent (65 percent in DACH) of those surveyed have difficulty identifying the causes of an incident. Sophos has released the new study “The State of Cybersecurity 2023: The Business Impact of Adversaries on Defenders”. The latest international study found that 93 percent of organizations worldwide find it difficult to perform basic security tasks, such as threat hunting. Understanding how an attack occurs Challenges also include…

AI Report: Dreamteam ChatGPT and Cybersecurity

21 April 2023

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The ChatGPT AI model can more easily filter malicious activity in XDR telemetry, improve spam filters, and simplify analysis of "Living Off the Land Binaries" -- "LOLBins" for short. Sophos has recently published this in a new report. The topic is the GPT-3 language model, which is behind the well-known ChatGPT framework, and how the cybersecurity industry can use the model to defend against attackers. The current report "GPT for You and Me: Applying AI Language Processing to Cyber Defenses" describes projects developed by Sophos X-Ops that use the extensive language models of GPT-3. The goal is…

Better defense against cyber threats at the endpoint

18 April 2023

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With many advancements to its endpoint security portfolio, such as Adaptive Active Adversary Protection, Linux malware protection enhancements, health check capabilities, built-in ZTNA agent and more, Sophos improves its defense against cyber threats. Sophos is introducing several enhancements to its endpoint security portfolio to improve protection against advanced cyber threats and streamline endpoint security management. These include new Adaptive Active Adversary Protection, improvements in protection against Linux malware, account health check functions and an integrated Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) agent for Windows and macOS devices. Ransomware remains the #1 threat “Ransomware remains one of the most prevalent…

Boss, how do you feel about cybersecurity?

18 April 2023

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Sophos has published a whitepaper on a management study in DACH: Boss, how do you feel about cyber security?. How present is the topic of IT security in the management levels of companies? How is the security awareness of the management level in the central industries in Germany, Austria and Switzerland - Sophos has dealt intensively with this previously little asked topic in the last six months. IT personnel were explicitly excluded from this study. Survey of the management level With the help of the study, which the market research institute Ipsos carried out for Sophos, the effects of international…

VOIP/PBX software 3CX abused for sideloading attack

March 31, 2023

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A trojanized version of the popular phone system VOIP/PBX software 3CX is currently making headlines. The business phone system is used by companies in 190 countries worldwide. An installation program including a Trojan is foisted on Windows users via a DLL sideloading attack. The attack appears to have been a supply chain attack, which allowed attackers to add a desktop application installer that ultimately sideloaded a malicious, encrypted payload via a DLL. Phone system secretly attacked Mat Gangwer, VP Managed Threat Response at Sophos on the current situation: "The attackers managed to manipulate the application to create a...

DACH survey: Cyber attacks are not a top priority

March 6, 2023

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According to a survey of managers (C-Level): Over 60 percent of DACH managers in the manufacturing sector expect a cyber attack - but it is not a matter for the boss. Image damage plays a subordinate role. As part of a survey of managers (C-level) in Germany, Austria and Switzerland on the subject of cyber security, which was carried out by the market research institute Ipsos on behalf of Sophos, Sophos also examined the manufacturing industry. In this sector, the majority of management expects a cyber attack in the future, so they have recognized the potential dangers: 63 percent of German and 61 percent of…

With AI and ChatGPT algorithm - hunt down cybercriminals

13. February 2023

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The further development of neural networks, AI and machine learning is becoming a real "game changer". The chatbot ChatGPT is currently making this more than clear. Sophos AI uses the advanced GPT technology to realize even better security applications. As the scale increases, neural networks get better and better. The basis for the program is the GPT-3.5 language processing model, which also comes from OpenAI. At supercomputing scale and in conjunction with machine learning, Sophos AI uses this advanced technology to realize even better security applications. Because especially in the area of cyber security, the enormous performance stands out in contrast to…

Chatbots: Only machines help, machines go

24 January 2023

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Chatbots like ChatGPT are on the rise: artificial intelligence can cope with natural ignorance. Increasingly, intelligent machines are needed to detect when other machines are trying to deceive users. A comment from Chester Wisniewski, Cybersecurity Expert at Sophos. The chatbot ChatGPT, which is based on artificial intelligence, is making headlines worldwide - and in addition to reports in the stock market and copyright environment, IT security is also the focus of discussions. Because the recently realized, broader availability of the tool, despite all the security efforts of the manufacturer, brings with it new challenges when it comes to phishing bait or…

Category: Sophos

Report: Cyber criminals use 500 tools and tactics

ChatGPT 4: The lawyer who knows how to lie perfectly

Companies: 93 percent have problems with security tasks

AI Report: Dreamteam ChatGPT and Cybersecurity

Better defense against cyber threats at the endpoint

Boss, how do you feel about cybersecurity?

VOIP/PBX software 3CX abused for sideloading attack

DACH survey: Cyber attacks are not a top priority

With AI and ChatGPT algorithm - hunt down cybercriminals

Chatbots: Only machines help, machines go

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