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Attackers using Log4Shell vulnerability for backdoors into VMware Horizon finds Sophos

Sophos, released findings on how attackers are using the Log4Shell vulnerability to deliver backdoors and profiling scripts to unpatched VMware Horizon servers, paving the way for persistent access and future ransomware attacks.

Sean Gallagher, principal threat researcher, Sophos.

Fake ChatGPT apps scam users out of thousands of dollars, Sophos reports

Sophos, a global leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service, announced that it had uncovered multiple apps masquerading as legitimate, ChatGPT-based chatbots to overcharge users and bring in thousands of

2 years ago

News·TECHNOLOGY

Sean Gallagher, senior threat researcher at Sophos

Sophos demonstrates how to make ChatGPT a cybersecurity co-pilot

Sophos, a global leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service, today released new research on how the cybersecurity industry can leverage GPT-3, the language model behind the now well-known ChatGPT

2 years ago

Artificial Intelligence

Adversaries exploiting stolen session cookies to bypass Multi-Factor Authentication finds Sophos

Sophos, announced in the Sophos X-Ops report, “Cookie stealing: the new perimeter bypass,” that active adversaries are increasingly exploiting stolen session cookies to bypass Multi-Factor Authentication and gain access to corporate resources.

2 years ago

News·TECHNOLOGY

Liquidity mining is latest cryptocurrency craze, also perfect platform for scammers says Sophos

Sophos, released threat research about nascent cybercrime in the article, “Liquidity Mining Scams Add Another Layer to Cryptocurrency Crime.” The article is the first in a series lifting the lid off scammers

3 years ago

TECHNOLOGY

Conti, Karma threat actors simultaneously target and exfiltrate healthcare provider reports Sophos

Sophos, a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity, released findings of a dual ransomware attack where extortion notes left by Karma ransomware operators were encrypted 24 hours later by Conti, another ransomware gang

3 years ago

Analyst Corner

Tor2Mine cryptominer evades detection, spreads automatically through a target network finds Sophos

Sophos, released new findings on the Tor2Mine cryptominer, “Two flavors of Tor2Mine miner dig deep into networks with PowerShell, VBScript,” that show how the miner evades detection, spreads automatically through a target

3 years ago

Analyst Corner·TECHNOLOGY

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Attackers using Log4Shell vulnerability for backdoors into VMware Horizon finds Sophos

Fake ChatGPT apps scam users out of thousands of dollars, Sophos reports

Sophos demonstrates how to make ChatGPT a cybersecurity co-pilot

Adversaries exploiting stolen session cookies to bypass Multi-Factor Authentication finds Sophos

Liquidity mining is latest cryptocurrency craze, also perfect platform for scammers says Sophos

Conti, Karma threat actors simultaneously target and exfiltrate healthcare provider reports Sophos

Tor2Mine cryptominer evades detection, spreads automatically through a target network finds Sophos

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