OXFORD, United Kingdom, Oct. 08, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sophos, a global leader of innovative security solutions for defeating cyberattacks, today introduced nine new XGS Series desktop firewall ...

The security industry usually spends its time analyzing viruses, not the programs meant to catch them. But Tavis Ormandy has been looking instead under the hood of one antivirus firm's tools. And he ...

On Wednesday, Sophos antivirus products did something very wrong: they started detecting false positives. The company has since fixed the issue, but only on Thursday did it become clear what the ...

The cybersecurity vendor integrated zero trust network access (ZTNA) into its firewall software and added support in its extended detection and response (XDR) offering for numerous third-party ...

Mac computers don’t normally have many problems with antivirus or malware affecting their operating systems. However, as Macs continue to grow in popularity, more malicious software might try to worm ...

A security researcher at Black Hat USA last week shared his findings from reverse-engineering Sophos' core antivirus engine software in an effort to uncover more details on just how the product ...

Sophos upgrades its application security and control software with the ability to block remote-connection tools such as RealVNC and Radmin. Sophos on Tuesday enhanced its Endpoint Security and Control ...

The cybersecurity and network security software developer Sophos has announced that the US private equity group Thoma Bravo has agreed to acquire the firm for $3.9bn. The UK-based company revealed ...

Sophos would like to reassure users that these are false positives and are not a malware outbreak, and apologizes for any inconvenience.” However, a commenter at SlashDot reported, “For many hours on ...

Although still in its infancy, data loss prevention software is becoming increasingly important for companies who wish to protect the accidental and intentional release of sensitive information. To ...

Security firm Sophos has transformed itself over the past three years to ensure that all of its back-office solutions are cloud-based, in a bid to keep up with its own product suite. Sophos has over ...