Category: Security

December 18, 2023

G2 just released their Winter 2024 Reports, and Sophos is the only cybersecurity provider named a Leader across the G2 Grid® Reports for Endpoint Protection Suites, Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR), Extended Detection and Response (XDR), Firewall Software ,and Managed […]

December 18, 2023

At its core, encryption involves the use of algorithms, mathematical functions that manipulate data into a seemingly random and indecipherable form. This encoded information, referred to as ciphertext, can only be converted back into its original, meaningful state by those […]

December 15, 2023

A data regulator has reminded companies they need to take care while writing emails to avoid unintentionally blurting out personal data. Unsurprisingly, much of the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) guidance comes down to the correct use of address fields […]

December 14, 2023

Whether you are considering a career in cyber security or you already work in the industry, the 2023 SANS Holiday Hack Challenge is a great way of combining festive fun and learning. Who knows, the skills you acquire this holiday […]

December 13, 2023

Most experts agree cybersecurity is now so complex that managing it has become a security problem in itself. This has happened gradually over the last 25 years, often for perfectly good reasons. Hackers targeted weaknesses in isolated systems such as […]

December 13, 2023

In China, clouds are a symbol of luck. See multiple layering of clouds in a blue sky can mean you are in line to receive eternal happiness. If only that was true in the complex world of IT, where multi-cloud […]

December 12, 2023

More than a few federal agencies have some work to do when it comes to incident response, according to a December 4, 2023, report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), titled “Cybersecurity: Federal Agencies Made Progress, but Need to […]

December 11, 2023

In the natural world, there are ten different kinds of cloud – a rare simplicity in meteorological terms. But in our global business environment, there’s no single defining feature to aid classification. Multi-cloud environments in particular spawn a lot of […]

December 8, 2023

A series of attacks against Microsoft Active Directory domains could allow miscreants to spoof DNS records, compromise Active Directory and steal all the secrets it stores, according to Akamai security researchers. We’re told the attacks – which are usable against […]

December 8, 2023

A trio of Polish security researchers claim to have found that trains built by Newag SA contain software that sabotages them if the hardware is serviced by competitors. Newag, a Polish train maker, emphatically denied that it installed such software […]

December 7, 2023

Australia is building a top-secret cloud to host intelligence data and share it with the US and UK, which have their own clouds built for the same purpose. The three clouds were discussed on Monday by Andrew Shearer, Australia’s director-general […]

December 7, 2023

As the year comes to an end, it’s time to look into the crystal ball. Here is my list of the top four cyber security issues for 2024. Generative AI For cyber defenders, AI will increasingly be used to identify […]

December 6, 2023

Cisco’s executive veep for security Jeetu Patel has predicted that AI will change the infosec landscape, but that end users will eventually pay for the privilege of having a binary brainbox by their side when they go into battle. Speaking […]

December 5, 2023

The government of the United Kingdom has issued a strongly worded denial of a report that the Sellafield nuclear complex has been compromised by malware for years. The report, appearing in The Guardian, claimed that the controversial complex was hacked […]

December 5, 2023

There are plenty of technology acronyms in the alphabet soup of the cybersecurity industry, but DSPM is the latest one leading the charge; its recent buzz has brought scrutiny to various security concepts that have cluttered the meaning behind data […]

December 4, 2023

Sophos DNS Protection is an exciting new web protection service now available for early access that will be provided at no extra charge to all Xstream Protection Sophos Firewall customers when it launches early next year. We need your help […]

December 4, 2023

A cybersecurity budget is an allocation of resources, both financial and otherwise, dedicated to protecting an organization’s digital assets from cyber threats. This includes funds for security software, hardware, training, and personnel. A well-structured cybersecurity budget ensures that an organization […]

December 4, 2023

ArmorCode announced it closed a pre-emptive $40 million Series B round to advance its mission of helping companies ship secure software fast and at scale. Premier venture firm HighlandX led the round, joined by NGP Capital, along with participation from […]

November 30, 2023

A US congressional committee has questioned whether Chinese-made Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) devices might have a negative impact on national security, and suggested they may therefore be worthy of the same bans that prevent stateside adoption of other tech. […]

November 29, 2023

Reading Borough Council has securely restored its planning portal after facing criticism for recommending questionable tech security practices to users. Before the fixed version went live this morning, the English local authority’s online planning application portal had been offline due […]