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Sophos to acquire Secureworks
In a significant development within the cybersecurity sector, two major players, Sophos and Secureworks, are poised to enter into a pivotal agreement. Sophos, a leading cybersecurity firm, plans to acquire Secureworks for an impressive transaction value of $859 million. This acquisition is being facilitated through investment funding arranged by Thoma Bravo, the parent company of […]
Cyber Attack news headlines trending on Google
First is the news related to a hacking group named Mustang Panda and based in China. Highly placed sources report that the said group of cyber criminals funded by Chinese intelligence can compromise internal networks of companies operating in Indonesia. Cybersecurity firm Insikt Group, a sub-unit of Recorded Future, was the first to break the […]
Sophos to put an end to TLS based Cyber Attacks
Cybersecurity firm Sophos has come up with a solution that promises to put an end to TLS based cyber attacks. Its XGS Series Firewall appliance does a Transport Layer Security (TLS) inspection that is 5 times faster than what the other models offer. Thus, it helps in thwarting cyber attacks by offering unmatched detection and […]
Sophos to strengthen security in multi-cloud environments
Migrating data and apps to multi-cloud platforms is a win-win situation to many companies as it brings in cost savings, adds agility and help take full advantage of DevOps process to speed up development and product delivery. However, it also invites new trouble where hackers are seen as easily targeting multi-cloud networks. In a recent […]
Sophos integrates with Microsoft to offer utmost Mobile Security Threat Detection
British Security firm Sophos has announced that it will be integrating its Mobile Device Management system with Microsoft’s Intune to help customers work and access data in a secure way from any device and location while maintaining compliance with the corporate data laws. Therefore, Sophos Mobile Security running on Microsoft Azure will help IT admins […]
Cloud Security startup Avid Secure acquired by Sophos
Sophos, the British security software company has made it official that it has acquired Cloud security startup Avid Secure Inc for an undisclosed price. Likely, Sophos is planning to integrate AI-powered cloud security analytics offered by Avid Secure into its product offerings to emerge as a leader in public cloud offerings. Founded in the year […]
Malwarebytes states that Ransomware and Cryptomining spiked in 2017!
According to a report released by Malwarebytes, Ransomware and Cryptomining attacks are said to have spiked in 2017. The security firm discovered that threat has increased to an alarming scale specifically in the Asia Pacific region with a report revealing a 1000 percent increase in detections in 2017 and with no signs of mellowing down […]
Sophos allows its business partners to become Cloud Security providers
Sophos, a UK based security Software, and Hardware Company have announced that it is expanding its partner’s program to offer training, certification and monetary help to channel partners who are interested in using or migrating to the public cloud. This will help the channel partners of the security firm to better recommend their respective customers […]
Sophos Mobile Security wins AV-Test Best Android Security Award
Sophos Mobile Security has won Best Android Security Award from AV-Test for the second consecutive time. To put this into clear perspective, the said firm has succeeded in detecting and blocking every single malware that was thrown at it by AV-Test since September 2014. The test which was conducted in November 2016 evaluated 26 mobile […]
Mobile Security turns into a booming business vertical for Companies!
Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) culture of the Corporate World is making businesses see mobile security as a highly productive business vertical these days. As hackers are getting busy in breaking mobile wallets, firms catering to cyber security needs are trying their best to capture this trend to make profits. Gartner has labeled this market […]
