Security News

Sophos sheds 6% of staff after swallowing Secureworks
2025-02-13 00:34

De-dupes some roles, hints others aren't needed as the infosec scene shifts Nine days after completing its $859 million acquisition of managed detection and response provider Secureworks, Sophos...

Sophos Acquires Secureworks for $859 Million
2025-02-04 23:41

Sophos has completed its acquisition of managed cyber security services provider Secureworks.

Sophos discloses critical Firewall remote code execution flaw
2024-12-20 15:31

Sophos has addressed three vulnerabilities in its Sophos Firewall product that could allow remote unauthenticated threat actors to perform SQL injection, remote code execution, and gain privileged...

Sophos Firewall vulnerable to critical remote code execution flaw
2024-12-20 15:31

Sophos has addressed three vulnerabilities in its Sophos Firewall product that could allow remote unauthenticated threat actors to perform SQL injection, remote code execution, and gain privileged...

Sophos Issues Hotfixes for Critical Firewall Flaws: Update to Prevent Exploitation
2024-12-20 08:13

Sophos has released hotfixes to address three security flaws in Sophos Firewall products that could be exploited to achieve remote code execution and allow privileged system access under certain...

U.S. Charges Chinese Hacker for Exploiting Zero-Day in 81,000 Sophos Firewalls
2024-12-11 06:29

The U.S. government on Tuesday unsealed charges against a Chinese national for allegedly breaking into thousands of Sophos firewall devices globally in 2020. Guan Tianfeng (aka gbigmao and...

US names Chinese national it alleges was behind 2020 attack on Sophos firewalls
2024-12-11 05:02

Also sanctions his employer – an outfit called Sichuan Silence linked to Ragnarok ransomware The US Departments of Treasury and Justice have named a Chinese business and one of its employees as...

Custom "Pygmy Goat" malware used in Sophos Firewall hack on govt network
2024-11-04 17:46

UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has published an analysis of a Linux malware named "Pigmy Goat" created to backdoor Sophos XG firewall devices as part of recently disclosed attacks by...

Sophos Versus the Chinese Hackers
2024-11-04 12:02

Really interesting story of Sophos’s five-year war against Chinese hackers.

Sophos reveals 5-year battle with Chinese hackers attacking network devices
2024-10-31 22:16

Sophos disclosed today a series of reports dubbed "Pacific Rim" that detail how the cybersecurity company has been sparring with Chinese threat actors for over 5 years as they increasingly...