A regularly updated directory of press releases related to cyber security.

OXFORD, U.K. — February 2, 2024 — Sophos, a global leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service, today revealed howsha zhu pan scammers—those conducting elaborate, romance-based cryptocurrency fraud—are leveraging a business model similar to cybercrime “as-a-service” by selling sha zhu pan kits on the dark web, globally expanding to new markets. Sophos details these…

OXFORD, U.K. — January 12, 2024 — Sophos, a global leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service, today announced that it is positioned as a Leader in the 2023 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Endpoint Protection Platforms (EPP), marking the 14th consecutive time the company has been a Leader in the report. “We believe Gartner recognized Sophos…

OXFORD, U.K. — November 7, 2023 — Sophos, a global leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service, today shared findings from its sector survey report, “The State of Ransomware in Retail 2023,” which found that only 26% of retail organizations this past year were able to disrupt a ransomware attack before their data was…

OXFORD, U.K. — October 10, 2023 — Sophos, a global leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service, today announced the executive appointment of Wagner Tadeu as vice president of sales for Latin America. Tadeu is responsible for accelerating midmarket and enterprise growth across Latin America, which has increased due to the demand for Sophos’…

OXFORD, U.K. — September 18, 2023 — Sophos, a global leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service, today released findings on a major shā zhū pán (pig butchering) operation utilizing fake trading pools of cryptocurrency (liquidity pools) to steal more than $1 million. The report, “Latest Evolution of ‘Pig Butchering’ Scam Lures Victim in…

OXFORD, U.K. — September 12, 2023 — Sophos, a global leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service, today announced it has been named the number one overall global Leader for Managed Detection and Response (MDR) and Firewall Software in G2’s Fall 2023 Reports. Sophos ranks highest in 26 G2 reports spanning global regions and customer market segments, based on…

OXFORD, U.K. — September 6, 2023 — Sophos, a global leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service, today announced the Sophos AP6 Series to support the shift to hybrid environments with a new generation of remotely managed Wi-Fi 6 access points. The new offering adds another component to Sophos’ secure access portfolio, which includes Sophos Firewall and Sophos…

OXFORD, U.K. — August 23, 2023 — Sophos, a global leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service, today released its Active Adversary Report for Tech Leaders 2023, an in-depth look at attacker behaviors and tools during the first half of 2023. After analyzing Sophos Incident Response (IR) cases from January to July 2023, Sophos X-Ops…

OXFORD, U.K. — July 11, 2023 — Sophos, a global leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service, today announced a new partnership with Cysurance, a next-generation risk mitigation company that insures, warranties and certifies security solutions. The partnership provides unique, fixed-price cyber insurance to U.S.-based organizations using Sophos Managed Detection and Response (MDR). The policies are the…

OXFORD, U.K. — June 28, 2023 — Sophos, a global leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service, today announced a new sectoral survey report, “The State of Ransomware in Manufacturing and Production 2023,” which found that in more than two-thirds (68%) of ransomware attacks against this sector, the adversaries successfully encrypted data. This is the highest…