Merriam-Webster names “slop” the word of the year 2025
Merriam-Webster, the US publisher of some of the world’s best-known encyclopedias, has named “slop” the word of the year for...
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GhostPoster Malware Found in 17 Firefox Add-ons with 50,000+ Downloads
Dec 17, 2025Ravie LakshmananAd Fraud / Browser Security A new campaign named GhostPoster has leveraged logo files associated with 17...
CISA Reports PRC Hackers Using BRICKSTORM for Long-Term Access in U.S. Systems
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday released details of a backdoor named BRICKSTORM that has been...
New Albiriox MaaS Malware Targets 400+ Apps for On-Device Fraud and Screen Control
A new Android malware named Albiriox has been advertised under a malware-as-a-service (MaaS) model to offer a "full spectrum" of...
Trust Beyond Containers: Identity and Agent Security Lessons from KubeCon 2025
Before Atlanta was named Atlanta, it was called "Termius". That first name is derived from the Western & Atlantic...
Sophos named a Leader in the KuppingerCole 2025 Leadership Compass for Email Security
Click to enlarge We’re excited to announce that Sophos has been named a Leader across all four evaluation categories —...
McAfee Again Certified as “TOP PRODUCT” by AV-TEST
McAfee Total Protection has once again been named a TOP PRODUCT by the independent test lab AV-TEST, earning perfect scores...
BatShadow Group Uses New Go-Based ‘Vampire Bot’ Malware to Hunt Job Seekers
Oct 07, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Threat Intelligence A Vietnamese threat actor named BatShadow has been attributed to a new campaign...
New Report Links Research Firms BIETA and CIII to China’s MSS Cyber Operations
Oct 06, 2025Ravie LakshmananNetwork Security / Cyber Espionage A Chinese company named the Beijing Institute of Electronics Technology and Application...
Detour Dog Caught Running DNS-Powered Malware Factory for Strela Stealer
A threat actor named Detour Dog has been outed as powering campaigns distributing an information stealer known as Strela Stealer....
Sophos named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape™: Worldwide Extended Detection and Response (XDR) Software 2025
We’re proud to announce that Sophos has been named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape™: Worldwide Extended Detection and Response...
GhostRedirector poisons Windows servers: Backdoors with a side of Potatoes
ESET researchers have identified a new threat actor, whom we have named GhostRedirector, that compromised at least 65 Windows servers...
Operation RoundPress
This blogpost introduces an operation that we named RoundPress, targeting high-value webmail servers with XSS vulnerabilities, and that we assess...
Nineteen Sophos Women Recognized by CRN’s Women of the Channel
For the 14th consecutive year, numerous women from Sophos have been named to CRN’s prestigious Women of the Channel. This...
Earth Kurma APT Campaign Targets Southeast Asian Government, Telecom Sectors
Upon consolidation of all documents into a secure archive protected by a password, typically named after the host name, the...
