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Sophos Endpoint Security Advancements Improve Cyberthreat Defenses and Streamline Management

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Sophos, a global leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service, today introduced innovative advancements to its portfolio of industry-leading endpoint security offerings. New adaptive active adversary protection; Linux malware protection enhancements; account health check capabilities; an integrated zero trust network access (ZTNA) agent for Windows and macOS devices; and more improve frontline defenses against advanced cyberthreats and streamline endpoint…

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Kaspersky: 7% of Nigerian Internet Users Affected by Phishing in 2022

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In 2022, phishing affected 7% of Nigerian internet users, according to a statement released on Thursday by leading antivirus company Kaspersky. Phishing is the activity of sending emails or messages to people or businesses in an effort to get them to divulge sensitive information that will later be utilized for evil. According to Kaspersky analysts,…

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Sophos Expands Firewall Portfolio with Enterprise-Grade Appliances that Broaden Market Opportunities for Channel Partners

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Sophos, a global leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service, today announced the expansion of its next-generation firewall portfolio with two new high-end, enterprise-grade XGS Series appliances. The new XGS 7500 and 8500 models provide unrivaled performance and protection for large enterprise and campus deployments, broadening market opportunities for the channel partners that serve them. “Large enterprises are under…

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Sophos Details First Fake Apps Found on Apple’s App Store Used by Cybercriminals for CryptoRom Schemes

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 Sophos, a global leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service, today released new findings on CryptoRom scams—elaborate financial fraud schemes that prey on and trick dating app users into making fake cryptocurrency investments—in its latest report, “Fraudulent Trading Apps Sneak into Apple and Google App Stores.” The report details the first fake CryptoRom apps —Ace Pro and MBM_BitScan—…

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Sophos is the Top Ranked and Sole Leader in the Omdia Universe Report for Comprehensive XDR Solutions

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 Sophos, a global leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service, today announced that its Sophos Intercept X Advanced with XDR solution has been named the top-ranked and sole leader in the Omdia Universe report for comprehensive extended detection and response (XDR) solutions. The global research company ranked Sophos’ product the highest in nearly all capabilities categories – excelling…

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Cybercriminals attack users with 400,000 new malicious files daily – that is 5% more than in 2021

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In 2022, Kaspersky’s detection systems discovered on average 400,000 malicious files distributed every day, indicating a 5% growth compared to 2021. The number of certain types of threats also escalated: for example, Kaspersky experts discovered the 181% increase in the proportion of ransomware detected daily. These and other findings are part of Kaspersky Security Bulletin…

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Cyber defence must be a top priority for South African Business

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One Device to Rule Them All  Imagine an average professional working for your corporation or department, and his daily life – we’ll call him Mike. Mike wakes up and checks his social media and SMS notifications. Maybe he’ll search a news video and broadcast it onto his smart television while he dresses. Touching his phone…

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Twitter: Email Addresses of 200 Million Users Leaked in Data Hack

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According to a security researcher, hackers obtained the email addresses of more than 200 million Twitter users and posted them on a hacking forum online on Wednesday. Alon Gal, co-founder of Israeli cybersecurity-monitoring company Hudson Rock, wrote on LinkedIn that the breach “will regrettably result in a lot of hacking, targeted phishing, and doxxing.” One…

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Online shopping red flags: How to spot a scam this festive season

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It’s officially the holiday season, and for many of us, that means the countdown to “presents o’clock” – AKA December 25th is on. Real-life shops get crazy during the festive season, seeing more and more people choosing to hop online, point, click and proceed to checkout. Shopping online is also much easier now that more…

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How to give your retail store a competitive edge

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By supporting real-time decision-making, combining edge computing with digital signage improves the customer experience and boosts sales. Although in-store purchases continue to make up the bulk of retail sales, a tightening economic situation means it’s essential to maximise every opportunity to make a sale once a customer reaches your door. We also know that brick…

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5 Cybersecurity Experts Disrupting the Tech Ecosystem 5 African Countries

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In recent years, Africa has witnessed a significant increase in technological advancements, with a burgeoning tech ecosystem gaining wide acceptance across the continent.  In the midst of this rapid growth, cybersecurity is seen as a critical concern which needs expertise and innovation to protect digital infrastructure and data integrity. Here, we shine a spotlight on…

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Sophos Launches Industry-First Managed Detection and Response (MDR) Service from an Endpoint Security Provider that Integrates Vendor Agnostic Telemetry

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·         Introduces Sophos Marketplace and $1 Million Breach Protection Warranty ·         Sophos X-Ops Identifies LockBit 3.0 Similarities to BlackMatter; Attackers Use Pentesting and Credential Theft to Evade Detection, Requiring Specialized MDR Skills to Spot Them  Sophos, a global leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service, has announced the general availability of Sophos Managed Detection and Response (MDR) with…

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The Cloud is a Growing Target for Cyberattacks, A New Sophos Survey Finds

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Sophos, a global leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service, today published findings of a new survey, “The Reality of SMB Cloud Security in 2022.” The survey found that, among Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) users, 56% experienced an increase in the volume of attacks on their organization when compared to the previous…

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Criminals “Follow the Money” by Commercializing Cybercrime, according to the Sophos 2023 Threat Report.

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Sophos, a global leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service, today published its 2023 Threat Report. The report details how the cyberthreat landscape has reached a new level of commercialization and convenience for would-be attackers, with nearly all barriers to entry for committing cybercrime removed through the expansion of cybercrime-as-a-service. The report also addresses…

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Tech trends – 5G, broadband, fintech, data privacy and cybersecurity risks – expected to be discussed at Africa Tech Festival

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Trending topics in the African technology and telecommunications space include the rollout of 5G, the dire need for telecommunications infrastructure and access to broadband spectrum, the steady rise of the fintech sector despite global economic turbulence, the development of cybersecurity and privacy laws across the continent and the rising number of disputes that are driven…

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How Businesses can prevent and Combat Cyber Threats

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Online business may have its benefits, but there is also a greater chance of hoaxes and cyber threats. The credibility of your business could be negatively affected by a successful cyber-attack. Therefore, safeguarding your business against cyber-attack is a crucial concern. That if not prevented may require a reestablishment of the business. In the extreme scenarios, it may…

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SHELT Inaugurates Cyber Security Operations Centre Extension in Nigeria

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SHELT has announced the opening of its very own SOC in Nigeria, where it will serve as a local extension to its overseas and already established 24/7 SOC operation. This launch comes amidst the growing need of SHELT’s Nigeria branch to step into serving the local clientele through a team that is locally present and…

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Sophos’ Industry-Leading MDR Service Launches Compatibility with Third-Party Cybersecurity Technologies

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 Sophos, a global leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service, today launched new third-party security technology compatibilities with Sophos Managed Detection and Response (MDR) to better detect and remediate attacks with speed and precision across diverse customer and operating environments. The industry-leading service with more than 12,000 customers now integrates telemetry from third-party endpoint, firewall, cloud, identity, email, and…

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Report: A new Malicious WhatsApp mod is Targeting African Users

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A new dangerous variant of the well-liked YoWhatsApp WhatsApp messaging mod was found by Kaspersky researchers. This mod spreads the infamous Triada mobile Trojan, which may download other Trojans, issue paid memberships, and even steal WhatsApp accounts. It is well-known for having functionality that the official software does not provide. In the past two months,…

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Dismantling a Prolific Cybercriminal Empire: REvil Arrests and Reemergence

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We’ve recently seen reports that the REvil ransomware gang is back online after the January 2022 arrests of several its members by Russian authorities claiming to dismantle the group and the November 2021 arrests of two members by U.S. authorities. While it remains to be seen if this re-emergence of REvil includes its most aggressive…

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Data breaches top the list of security concerns for Nigerian CIOs

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New research from the IDC reveals the latest cloud security trends in Nigeria The majority (72 percent) of Nigerian organizations are increasing their spend on information security 21 percent of organizations use a combination of on premises and cloud solutions. This is set to grow to 41 percent over the next two years. For Nigerian…

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TikTok breach: Comment from Kaspersky expert

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“The first reports about the breach of TikTok appeared a few days ago. On the Breach Forums message board, an unknown user posted what was claimed to be screenshots from database tables with TikTok breach. As the user claims, they have stolen 2 billion database records, which could potentially affect an enormous amount of TikTok users. Some…

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Report: African Microsoft Office Users are at a High Risk of Attacks via Vulnerabilities

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According to Russian internet security company Kaspersky, more Microsoft Office vulnerabilities are being exploited globally than in Q1 2022. These attacks represented 82 percent of all platform-specific exploits in Q2 2022. The most recent Kaspersky quarterly malware report supports this. The company claims that a rise in assaults using MS Office vulnerabilities was also observed…

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LastPass Suffers Data Breach, Users Account Still Secure

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More than 33 million users use the password manager LastPass, however, it was recently compromised after an unauthorized person gained access to the developer environment and took the company’s source code and confidential data. According to LastPass, no passwords are believed to have been stolen as a result of the incident, therefore users won’t need…

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Why controlling device network access remains relevant in a Zero Trust world

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Since its inception in 2019, the concept of Zero Trust has become a guiding principle for many cybersecurity practitioners. In an Executive Order on 12 May 2021, the United States government specifically called on federal agencies and their suppliers “to modernise [their] approach to cybersecurity” by accelerating the move to secure cloud services and implementing…

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Active Adversaries Increasingly Exploit Stolen Session Cookies to Bypass Multi Factor Authentication and Gain Access to Corporate Resources, Sophos Reports

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 OXFORD, U.K. – Aug. 18, 2022 – Sophos, a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity, today announced in the Sophos X-Ops report, “Cookie stealing: the new perimeter bypass,” that active adversaries are increasingly exploiting stolen session cookies to bypass Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) and gain access to corporate resources. In some cases, the cookie theft itself is a highly targeted attack,…

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Report shows Africa Records 234% Increase in Phishing Scams

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According to recent data from the Russian cybersecurity company Kaspersky, social engineering and phishing scams were far more common in Africa in Q2 2022 than they were in Q1 2022. 10,722,886 phishing assaults were discovered in Africa in Q2 by the company’s security solutions, a 234 percent increase over the first quarter. The fastest surge…

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Sophos Launches Sophos X-Ops

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Sophos, a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity, has announced Sophos X-Ops, a new cross-operational unit linking SophosLabs, Sophos SecOps and Sophos AI, three established teams of cybersecurity experts at Sophos, to help organizations better defend against constantly changing and increasingly complex cyberattacks. Sophos X-Ops leverages the predictive, real-time, real-world, and deeply researched threat intelligence from each…

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Liquid Technologies Announces Africa’s first Cyber Security Fusion Centres in South Africa

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Today, July 20, 2022, in Johannesburg, South Africa, Liquid Cyber Security, a Cassava Technologies subsidiary, opened the first of their matrix of Cyber Security Fusion Centres. Africa faces an expanding range of cyberthreats, from espionage to critical infrastructure sabotage, combat innovation, and organized crime. The majority of African nations, however, have not yet created a…

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Cassava Technologies Secures $50-Million Investment for Africa’s Cybersecurity

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Cassava Technologies, an African integrated tech company, said today that C5 Capital (C5), a specialized venture capital firm that invests in cyber security, space security, and energy security, has made a $50 million investment in the company. The investment is a part of a larger funding round intended to hasten Cassava’s expansion. The money provided…