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USB worm travels across three continents

24 March 2023

The scam of a USB stick with malware, which was thought to be outdated for a long time, has actually been pulled out of the cybercrime box again. A new variant of the well-known PlugX worm appeared in Nigeria, Ghana, Zimbabwe and Mongolia and is still migrating. 16.000 miles apart are the current outbreaks of a new species of PlugX USB worm: after first appearing in Papua New Guinea in August 2022, infections have been popping up in Ghana, Mongolia, Zimbabwe and Nigeria. How the new version of the worm works The new version discovered by Sophos X-Ops spreads via…

DACH survey: Cyber attacks are not a top priority

6 March 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…

Management wants to invest in IT security solutions

16 January 2023

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A current survey of company management shows that almost a third want to invest in additional IT security solutions. According to the Sophos management study, the staff for IT security should also be increased and IT security should become part of the corporate strategy. The topic of cyber security is now of strategic importance for many companies due to the professionalization of cyber crime and the increased threat situation. Is this also reflected in day-to-day business and which security measures are at the top of the priority list for company decision-makers? Sophos investigated this question as part of its current management study. The results show that the…

Cyber criminals cheat each other out of millions

2 January 2023

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Mutual fraud seems lucrative: Sophos X-Ops investigation uncovers own industry in cybercrime forums in which cybercriminals cheat each other out of millions of dollars. Now there are even Darknet arbitration procedures for this. Law, order and chaos: Cyber criminals cheat each other out of millions of dollars and even take their complaints about the fraud to their own arbitration boards, reports Sophos in the first part of the four-part series "The Scammers Who Scam Scammers on Cybercrime Forums". The report also describes how attackers use classic techniques, some of which are decades old, to carry out their frauds. These include…

Organized Cybercrime: Cybercrime as a Service

30 December 2022

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In the old game of cat and mouse between cybersecurity and cybercrime, it all comes down to who can come up with a smart move. Cybercriminals often take advantage of good ideas from IT or security to massively expand their machinations: cybercrime as a service. During 2022, the major cybercrime groups have built an entire ecosystem of services for well-funded criminals and other cronies that, as far as we know today and much to the chagrin of victims, is well organized. Even more: the as-a-service approach in cybercrime has led to comparatively inexperienced cybercrooks having effective attack tools at their disposal that…

Firewall Xstream power for SMEs and Enterprise

21 December 2022

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More protection for SMBs and Enterprises with the Xstream architecture. The new Sophos Firewall comes with performance improvements, dynamic traffic routing and SD-WAN capabilities, and integrations with Microsoft Azure Active Directory. Sophos introduces the new capabilities of the Sophos Firewall. The latest version is optimized for the complex and demanding requirements of distributed enterprise edge computing while also providing practical extensions for SMBs. These include, in particular, performance improvements when checking encrypted data traffic, dynamic traffic routing for the Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6), additional reliability with software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) load balancing...

Ransomware attacks: malicious code with valid certificates

20 December 2022

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Sophos thwarts ransomware attacks with a rare, malicious driver, but signed with a valid Microsoft digital certificate. The driver targets Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) processes. The attack is linked to the Cuba Ransomware Group. Sophos found malicious code in several drivers signed with legitimate digital certificates. The new report, Signed Driver Malware Moves up the Software Trust Chain, details the investigation that began with an attempted ransomware attack. The attackers used a malicious driver that was bundled with a legitimate Microsoft Windows Hardware Compatibility Publisher digital certificate.

Threat Report 2023: Cybercrime as Big Business

19 December 2022

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Cybercrime is increasingly flourishing as a business model, ransomware and ransomware-as-a-service are innovation drivers and stolen access data are increasingly acting as a cash cow. According to Sophos, the year 2023 also awaits companies in cyber defense. Sophos has published its 2023 Threat Report. Among other things, the report describes a new degree of commercialization within cybercrime, as a result of which low-threshold introductory offers are increasingly available for potential attackers: almost all scenarios can be bought. A booming cybercrime-as-a-service market caters to a criminal audience ranging from the highly tech-savvy to the completely ignorant. The topics of the current Sophos threat…

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USB worm travels across three continents

DACH survey: Cyber attacks are not a top priority

With AI and ChatGPT algorithm - hunt down cybercriminals

Chatbots: Only machines help, machines go

Management wants to invest in IT security solutions

Cyber criminals cheat each other out of millions

Organized Cybercrime: Cybercrime as a Service

Firewall Xstream power for SMEs and Enterprise

Ransomware attacks: malicious code with valid certificates

Threat Report 2023: Cybercrime as Big Business

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