Cybercriminals aren’t so different from the rest of us — they live in the real world, and their spending and investment habits, though funded through crime, can look surprisingly ordinary. Luxury cars and lavish vacations may still grab headlines, but those perks are reserved for the most elite cybercriminals. In reality, everyday businesses — like pizza…
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Sophos Sheds 6% of Employees After Closing Secureworks Deal
Cybersecurity firm Sophos closed its $859 million acquisition of Secureworks earlier this month and soon after cut 6% of the combined company’s workforce, with many of job losses related to either overlapping positions created by the deal or roles that were no longer needed after Secureworks delisted as a public company. The post Sophos Sheds…
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Sophos lays off 6% of workforce following Secureworks acquisition
The layoffs come soon after Sophos completed its $859 million acquisition of Secureworks. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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IT Teams Worry About Increasing Cost of Cyber Tools From AI Features, While Criminals Barely Use Them
Most IT leaders believe generative AI will increase the cost of their security tools, according to Sophos research. But, by the looks of cyber crime forums, hackers are barely using AI.
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Sophos Acquires Secureworks for $859 Million
Sophos has completed its acquisition of managed cyber security services provider Secureworks.
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Ransomware groups pose as fake tech support over Teams
Researchers at cybersecurity firm Sophos are tracking multiple clusters of hacking activity leveraging Microsoft 365 instances, Microsoft Teams and email bombing tactics to deliver ransomware. In new research released Tuesday, the company said it had identified at least two distinct clusters of hacking activity using the tactics to infect targets between November and December 2024.…
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US Sanctions Chinese Cybersecurity Firm for 2020 Ransomware Attack
Chinese cybersecurity firm Sichuan Silence has been sanctioned for exploiting a vulnerability in Sophos firewalls used at critical infrastructure organizations in the U.S.