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- 20 Mar 2023
How to Make ChatGPT a Cybersecurity Co-Pilot - Sophos
Sophos, a global leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service, has on Monday released new research on how the cybersecurity industry can leverage GPT-3, the language model behind…
- 12 Feb 2023
Sophos Investigates Two Active Cyberfraud Operations Cashing in on Crypto-Romance Cons
Sophos, a global leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service, on Monday released details of two expansive, still operational, pig butchering or sha zhu pan rings (elaborate and…
- 16 Nov 2017
Expect Hospital Ransomware, Other Kaspersky Lab’s Threat Predictions for 2018
By peter oluka In the coming year, the world will see more legitimate software being poisoned by groups targeting wider victim profiles and geographies, with the added advantage that such attacks are…
- 18 Nov 2024
Beware of Quishing: The New QR Code Scam You Need to Know About - Sophos
Sophos, a global leader of innovative security solutions for defeating cyberattacks, has released the results of Sophos X-Ops research on a new type of threat: quishing. This new attack vector…
- 31 Jul 2023
Kaspersky Unveils Latest APT Trends for Q2
In Kaspersky's latest report on Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) trends for the second quarter of 2023, researchers analysed the development of new and existing campaigns. The report highlights APT…
- 20 Nov 2022
Cybercriminals Are Doubling Down on Credential Theft, Launching More Innovative Ransomware Attacks - Sophos 2023 Threat Report Reveals
Sophos, a global leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service, has on Monday published its 2023 Threat Report. The report details how the cyberthreat landscape has reached a new…
- 18 Aug 2022
Attackers Exploit Stolen Session Cookies to Bypass Multi Factor Authentication and Gain Access to Corporate Resources – Sophos Report Reveals
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…
- 30 May 2023
How Scammers are Using Fake ChatGPT Apps to Fleece Users Out of Thousands of Dollars - Sophos Reports
Sophos, a global leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service, on Tuesday announced that it had uncovered multiple apps masquerading as legitimate, ChatGPT-based chatbots to…
- 4 Feb 2024
Sophos Uncovers How Criminals are Leveraging “As-a-Service" Business Model with Sha Zhu Pan Kits to Expand Cryptocurrency Fraud
Sophos, a global leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service, today revealed how sha zhu pan scammers—those conducting elaborate, romance-based cryptocurrency fraud—are leveraging…
- 10 Nov 2021
Key Trends in Sophos 2022 Threat Report
Sophos, a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity, on Wednesday published the Sophos 2022 Threat Report, which shows how the gravitational force of ransomware’s black hole is pulling in other…
- 9 Feb 2023
Check Point Launches a Collaborative Solution for Preventing Cyber Threats on all Fronts
Check Point Software Technologies, a provider of cybersecurity solutions globally, announces the launch of Check Point Horizon XDR/XPR, a collaborative cybersecurity solution that effectively defends…
- 13 Dec 2021
Sophos Detects How Cyberattackers Are Exploiting Apache Log4Shell Vulnerability to Exploit Unpatched Systems
Following the reporting of the Apache Log4Shell vulnerability, Sophos has provided new threat intelligence on how cyberattackers are already exploiting or attempting to exploit unpatched systems. The…
- 2 May 2022
Ransomware Hit 71Per Cent of Nigerian Organizations - Sophos' Annual State of Ransomware Survey Reveals
Sophos, a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity, has released its annual international survey and review of real-world ransomware experiences in the State of Ransomware 2022. Chester…
- 27 Oct 2025
Kaspersky Spot New HackingTeam Spyware in the Wild After Years of Silence
Kaspersky Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) has uncovered evidence linking the HackingTeam successor, Memento Labs, to a new wave of cyberespionage attacks. The discovery stems from an…
- 12 May 2020
Paying Ransom Fuels Cost of Recovering from a Ransomware Attack, Sophos Warns
Sophos, a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity, has announced the findings of its global survey, The State of Ransomware 2020, which reveals that paying cybercriminals to restore data…
- 11 Aug 2016
Accenture, Endgame New Solution Kills Cybersecurity Threats in Real-time
Accenture and Endgame Inc., a leading provider of security solutions designed to proactively evict adversaries, have created a threat hunting as-a-Service offering for clients. Powered by Endgame and…
- 16 Nov 2015
More Knocks for CyberSecurity Law, Traitors Cause Havoc
The Cyber Security Law (2015) has been described as not sophisticated to combat the growing trend of cyber related crimes in the country. Mr. Peter Asolo, an IT security expert in an email interview…
- 11 Aug 2024
TETFUND Researchers want FG to Invest in Technology
The federal government has been urged to invest more in technology such as drones, implementing satellite enhanced surveillance and monitoring of hard-to-reach locations to tackle banditry. These…
- 9 Oct 2014
Interpol Warns that Hackers Can Withdraw Cash From ATM
A flaw in cash machines that allows criminals to quickly steal wads of cash has been discovered, according to a report by Reuters . Interpol has alerted countries in Europe, Latin America and Asia…
- 21 Jul 2021
Kaspersky Report shows Financial Trojans Increase in Nigeria by 32% in Q2 2021
With digital transformation a top priority on the corporate agenda as companies identify new ways to grow their business, cyber attackers and opportunist cybercriminals remain very active. Trojan…
- 14 Sept 2021
Sophos Report Shows 66% Organizations in Nigeria Report Increase in Phishing Attacks
Sophos, a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity, on Tuesday announced the findings of its global survey, “Phishing Insights 2021,” which reveals that phishing attacks targeting organizations…
- 27 Oct 2023
Kaspersky Reveals In-depth Insights into Operation Triangulation
Kaspersky's Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) revealed their investigation process into the notorious Operation Triangulation at the recent Security Analyst Summit. The team showcased new…
- 27 Mar 2025
Firm Discovers Sophisticated Chrome Zero-day Exploit Used in Active Attacks
Kaspersky has identified and helped patch a sophisticated zero-day vulnerability in Google Chrome (CVE-2025-2783) that allowed attackers to bypass the browser’s sandbox protection system. The…
- 16 Aug 2017
Gartner Predicts Global Information Security Spending to Reach $86.4Bn in 2017
Worldwide spending on information security products and services will reach $86.4 billion in 2017, an increase of 7 percent over 2016, with spending expected to grow to $93 billion in 2018, according…
- 2 Nov 2020
Organizations are Never the Same After Being Hit by Ransomware- Sophos Global Survey Reveals
Sophos, a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity, has announced the findings of its global survey, “Cybersecurity: The Human Challenge”, which reveals that organizations are never the same…
- 8 Sept 2022
Retail Industry is the Second Most Targeted Industry by Ransomware in 2021, Sophos Survey Reveals
Sophos, a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity, today published a new sectoral survey report, The State of Ransomware in Retail 2022, which found that retail had the second highest rate of…
- 15 Jul 2022
Sophos Survey Shows Increase in Ransomware Attacks on Education Institutions
Sophos , a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity, has published a new sectoral survey report, The State of Ransomware in Education 2022 . The findings reveal that education institutions –…
- 28 Apr 2021
Ransomware Recovery Cost Reaches Nearly $2 Million- Sophos Survey Shows
Sophos, a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity, today announced the findings of its global survey, “The State of Ransomware 2021,” which reveals that the average total cost of recovery from…
- 26 Nov 2020
Sophos Reveals Cyber Threat Patterns for 2021
Sophos, next-generation Cyber Security Company, has revealed the pattern cyber attackers will adopt to ravage and corporate in 2021. According to the company, the report provides a three-dimensional…
- 26 Mar 2020
COVID-19: Sophos Offers 5 Cybersecurity Tips to Remote Workers
Following the Federal and State Governments directives that businesses in Nigeria should adopt measures to curtail the spread of Coronavirus many if not most organisations have already crossed the…