How malware works: Anatomy of a drive-by download web attack

In the spirit of sharing our knowledge, we’d like to show you a pretty…


WD and Baidu Partner on Cloud Service Integration

WD’s My Cloud personal cloud drives, available now in China in capacities…


$80 million yacht hijacked by students spoofing GPS signals

But those signals were not authentic, and the ship was not on course. The…


Life after TrueCrypt: 5 tips for better data security

TrueCrypt’s sudden demise Despite being nominally open source software,…


SophosLabs: Android malware intercepts SMS messages to steal banking info

One of our SophosLabs researchers, Anna Szalay, made an interesting discovery…


Sophos announced the appointment of Mary Winfield as Senior Vice President

“Our goal of ‘Security made simple’ can only be fully…


Facebook pays $20K for easily exploitable flaw that could have led to account hijackings

As it is, Whitten explains, Facebook gives users the option of linking their…


UTM Series appliances. Our best sellers ever!

UTM Series appliances will remain an important part of our hardware appliance…


NSA secretly funding code-breaking quantum computer research

Quantum computing hinges, very broadly, on allowing individual bits (called…


Sophos honoured with Partnership Award from Queensland Police Service

Steve Gollschewski, Deputy Commissioner, Strategy, Policy and Performance…


AV-Test results show Sophos beats Kaspersky, Trend, McAfee and Symantec in stopping Mac malware

For the first time, AV-Test has released test results comparing malware…


Sophos Awarded 5 Star Rating in CRN 2014 Partner Program Guide

A ‘channel-first, channel-focused’ company, Sophos continues to…


WD Introduces New Ultra-Compact Network Storage Plus Servers, WD Sentinel DS5100 and DS6100

“WD is using enterprise-class components to build a new family of network…


Would you tell Google your Wi-Fi password? You probably already did...

Instead of just reinstalling your favourite apps and starting afresh, your new…


Spam-Bot Invaders: Which countries send the most spam?

When you consider the country’s huge online population, it’s not…


UTM and next-gen firewalls: What’s the difference? (Infographic)

As we explain below, next-generation firewalls are typically defined as…


Oracle releases 127 security fixes, 51 for Java alone

The October 2013 CPU covers fixes for: Oracle Database Server, Oracle…


WD Launches Fourth Generation WD Arkeia Network Backup Appliances

The new line up consists of four rack-mount appliance models with larger…


Sophos Mobile Encryption 2.2 released. Free file encryption app for Android and iOS

Download the Sophos Mobile Encryption app from Google Play for Android, or from…


As encryption standards tighten, Array retools ADC, eyes SaaS clients

Service providers need higher level of encryption support "If you look at one…


GlobalSign: Biometric Technology Could Mean More Secure Enterprise Data

 But what are the implications of biometric technology as far as…


Sophos and Check Point Partner to Protect Corporate Networks from Non-Compliant Mobile Devices

The partnership means users of Sophos Mobile Control 4.0 and Check Point Mobile…


Sophos Delivers Advanced Threat Protection for the Small and Mid-Market

Developed by SophosLabs, this new Sophos UTM approach brings together multiple…


Sophos wins CRN Security Vendor of the Year Award

In an increasingly complex security environment Sophos works with partners to…


The Dirty Dozen spamming countries - introducing the SophosLabs SPAMMIERSHIP League Tables!

Likewise, the three countries that took their place in the top flight all came…


Sophos UTM is faster than Fortinet, Dell SonicWALL and WatchGuard: The test results that prove it

Independent test vendor Miercom has done rigorous testing of the Sophos SG…


Microsoft extends anti-malware for XP. Here’s why you still need to upgrade!

Once Microsoft officially ends support for XP on Patch Tuesday in April (the…


Dirty Dozen spam sending nations - find where you finished in our Q3 SPAMPIONSHIP chart

Spammers versus spam senders There's a big difference, because spammers…


New Sophos SG Series appliances beat the competition

In our recent UTM 9.2 release we accelerated our Intrusion Prevention System…