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Patching Windows is like getting an immunization booster shot, but without the needle from Sophos News https://news.sophos.com/en-us/2020/09/08/two-dozen-criticals-among-129-patched-vulnerabilities-for-september-2020-patch-tuesday/ via CCTV Blog

Customized malware used to compromise physical and virtual firewalls from Sophos News https://news.sophos.com/en-us/2020/04/26/asnarok/ via CCTV Blog

The SophosLabs Offensive Security team answers your questions about the CVE-2020-0601 (aka Chain of Fools and Curveball) vulnerability. from Sophos News https://news.sophos.com/en-us/2020/01/22/cve-2020-0601-qa/ via CCTV Blog

There may be a smaller overall tally of things to fix this month than in recent update cycles, but at least one bug is being exploited in the wild from Sophos News https://news.sophos.com/en-us/2019/12/10/a-lighter-than-normal-patch-tuesday-for-december-2019/ via CCTV Blog

No bugs known to be exploited in the wild, but plenty of serious flaws that need updates from Sophos News https://news.sophos.com/en-us/2019/06/11/patch-tuesday-squashes-89-bugs-including-a-sophoslabs-find/ via CCTV Blog

Someone is attacking internet-facing Windows database servers with GandCrab ransomware from Sophos News https://news.sophos.com/en-us/2019/05/24/gandcrab-spreading-via-directed-attacks-against-mysql-servers/ via CCTV Blog

The vulnerabilities were so potentially harmful, Microsoft released updates for no-longer-supported Windows XP and Server 2003 from Sophos News https://news.sophos.com/en-us/2019/05/14/may-2019-patch-tuesday-addresses-critical-remote-desktop-dhcp-bugs/ via CCTV Blog

Ransomware continues to evolve, but Sophos Intercept X is one step ahead. from Sophos News https://news.sophos.com/en-us/2019/05/14/how-intercept-x-stops-megacortex-ransomware/ via CCTV Blog

Great news! from Sophos News https://news.sophos.com/en-us/2019/05/13/sc-labs-awards-xg-firewall-five-stars/ via CCTV Blog

An update to last week's late-breaking information about this novel ransomware from Sophos News https://news.sophos.com/en-us/2019/05/10/megacortex-deconstructed-mysteries-mount-as-analysis-continues/ via CCTV Blog

The sudden appearance of a new ransomware on a large number of enterprise networks was not the May Day gift anyone wanted from Sophos News https://news.sophos.com/en-us/2019/05/03/megacortex-ransomware-wants-to-be-the-one/ via CCTV Blog

The ubiquitous Android bank credential thief tries new methods to conceal where it gets its instructions from from Sophos News https://news.sophos.com/en-us/2019/05/01/how-anubis-uses-telegram-and-chinese-characters-to-phone-home/ via CCTV Blog

Edge devices take a licking so the rest of the network can keep on ticking, but they do need a little extra TLC from Sophos News https://news.sophos.com/en-us/2019/04/30/a-taste-of-the-onslaught-at-the-networks-edge/ via CCTV Blog

Intercept X Advanced with EDR now captures all PowerShell executions so that they can be reviewed and analyzed. from Sophos News https://news.sophos.com/en-us/2019/04/24/searching-for-malicious-powershell-executions-with-intercept-x/ via CCTV Blog

Editor’s note: This article is a technical description of a bug discovered by a member of the Offensive Research team at SophosLabs, and how the researcher created a proof-of-concept “Arbitrary Read/Write Primitive” exploit for this bug. The vulnerability was deemed critical by Mozilla’s bug tracking team and was patched in Firefox 65.0. It’s written for […] from Sophos News https://news.sophos.com/en-us/2019/04/18/protected-cve-2018-18500-heap-write-after-free-in-firefox-analysis-and-exploitation/ via CCTV Blog

What is SD-WAN exactly? And what's it for? We take a look. from Sophos News https://news.sophos.com/en-us/2019/04/17/sd-wan-and-xg-firewall/ via CCTV Blog

Following the vote by the UK electorate to exit from the European Union, Sophos has been monitoring and preparing for Brexit using the most likely outcome scenarios. Regardless of the decisions made in the coming weeks and months ahead, we are ready to handle them in the best way possible for our customers, partners and […] from Sophos News https://news.sophos.com/en-us/2019/04/04/its-still-business-as-usual-at-sophos-a-brexit-overview/ via CCTV Blog

Earlier this week, news broke that a Chinese woman attempted to sneak a USB stick loaded with malware into Mar-a-Lago, President Trump’s main place of residence outside of the White House. The news made international headlines due to the nationality of the alleged attacker and the location of the attempted attack. Using an external device […] from Sophos News https://news.sophos.com/en-us/2019/04/04/how-intercept-x-advanced-can-protect-you-from-attacks-like-the-the-mar-a-lago-usb-stick-incident/ via CCTV Blog

XG Firewall 17.5 Maintenance Release 4 (MR4) is out, and it contains some new important features. from Sophos News https://news.sophos.com/en-us/2019/04/04/making-the-most-of-your-xg-firewall/ via CCTV Blog

Your mailbox is more valuable than ever to attackers, with 93% of company breaches in security now starting with a phishing email. Whether users are targeted to receive phishing emails, or they have their mailbox compromised to send spam and viruses from your organization’s domain, the risks to your organization are great. The symptoms of […] from Sophos News https://news.sophos.com/en-us/2019/03/19/a-connected-approach-to-compromised-mailbox-security/ via CCTV Blog