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in Techday79% of Ransomware Attacks Now Originate from Compromised Identities, Sophos Report Finds
Sophos, a global cybersecurity leader, released its seventh annual State of Ransomware report, a vendor-agnostic survey of IT and cybersecurity leaders across 17 countries identifying the impact of ransomware on businesses and how prepared organizations are to defend against them. This year’s report reveals that identity is the dominant initial access vector (IAV), with four […] More
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in TechdaySophos Launches Sophos Fusion, the Industry’s First and Most Complete AI-Native Cybersecurity Defense System
Sophos, a global cybersecurity leader, announced Sophos Fusion, the industry’s most complete AI-native cybersecurity defense system, built to deliver a coordinated response to AI-era threats. More
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in Sundae Scoop, TechdaySophos Joins the OpenAI Daybreak Cyber Partner Program to Strengthen Customer Defense with Frontier AI
Sophos, a global cybersecurity leader, announced it has joined the OpenAI Daybreak Cyber Partner Program, bringing the company’s latest AI cyber capabilities to defenders. Sophos is applying that capability within its products and services, turning frontier models into protection for the more than 625,000 organizations it defends worldwide. More
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in Sundae Scoop, Techday71% of Organizations Suffered At Least One Identity Breach in the Past Year, Sophos Research Finds
Sophos, a global cybersecurity leader, released the State of Identity Security 2026, a vendor-agnostic survey of 5,000 IT and cybersecurity leaders across 17 countries. The survey found that 71% of organizations suffered at least one identity-related breach in the past year, and on average organizations reported three separate incidents. Repeat victimization reached a notable level, […] More
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in Sundae Scoop, TechdayQEMU abused to evade detection and enable ransomware delivery
Sophos, analysts are investigating the active abuse of QEMU, an “open-source machine emulator and virtualizer,” by threat actors seeking to hide malicious activity within virtualized environments. Attackers are drawn to QEMU and more common hypervisor-based virtualization tools like Hyper-V, VirtualBox, and VMware because malicious activity within a virtual machine (VM) is essentially invisible to endpoint […] More
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in Sundae Scoop, TechdayOnly 5% of organizations have full trust in their cybersecurity vendors
Sophos, a global leader of innovative security solutions for defeating cyberattacks, released findings from a global, vendor-agnostic study (based on responses from 5,000 organizations across 17 countries), examining one of cybersecurity’s most urgent and overlooked necessities: trust. More
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in Sundae Scoop, TechdaySophos Active Adversary Report 2026: Identity attacks dominate as threat groups proliferate
Sophos, a global leader of innovative security solutions for defeating cyberattacks, today released the 2026 Sophos Active Adversary Report. It reveals that 67% of all incidents investigated by Sophos Incident Response (IR) and Managed Detection and Response (MDR) teams last year were rooted in identity-related attacks. The findings highlight how attackers continue to exploit compromised […] More
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Sophos Acquires Arco Cyber to Bring CISO-Level, Agentic AI-Powered Expertise to Every Organization
Sophos, a global leader of innovative security solutions for defeating cyberattacks, announced it has acquired UK-based Arco Cyber, a cybersecurity assurance company dedicated to helping organizations improve their security posture while staying ahead of compliance requirements and emerging threats. More
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in TechdayTamperedChef serves bad ads, with infostealers as the main course
Sophos, a global leader of innovative security solutions for defeating cyberattacks, recently identified a malvertising campaign distributing an infostealer dubbed TamperedChef – believed to be part of a wider campaign known as EvilAI. More
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in Sundae Scoop, TechdaySophos Expands Portfolio with Workspace Protection to Secure Hybrid Work and Govern Employee AI Use
Sophos, a global leader of innovative security solutions for defeating cyberattacks, announced Sophos Workspace Protection, expanding its portfolio to help organizations secure hybrid work and govern the use of emerging technologies, including AI. Built around the Sophos Protected Browser, powered by Island, the solution enables organizations to protect applications, data, users, and guests wherever work […] More
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in Sundae Scoop, TechdaySophos Launches New Firewall Version with Health Check Feature
Sophos, a global leader of innovative security solutions for defeating cyberattacks, has launched Sophos Firewall v22. The update enhances Sophos’ Secure by Design pledge with a brand-new Health Check feature and several other security enhancements: More
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in Sundae Scoop, TechdaySophos XDR Achieves Its Best-Ever Results in the MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise 2025 Evaluation
Sophos, a global leader of innovative security solutions for defeating cyberattacks, today announced its best-ever results in the MITRE ATT&CK® Enterprise 2025 Evaluation. Sophos XDR detected 100% of adversary behaviors (sub-steps)1 across two complex attack scenarios: Scattered Spider, which Sophos X-Ops tracks as GOLD HARVEST, a financially motivated cybercriminal collective, and Mustang Panda, which Sophos X-Ops […] More










