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APIC/EPIC! Intel chips leak secrets even the kernel shouldn’t see…

August 10, 2022 0 Comments Æpic leak, apic, Cryptography, cve-2022-21233, data loss, epic, sgx, vulnerability

Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2022 16:59:05 +0000

If you’ve ever written code that left stuff lying around in memory when you didn’t need it any more… we bet you’ve regretted it!

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Sophos Germany Colleagues Volunteer for Nature Project

August 10, 2022 0 Comments #sophoslife

Credit to Author: Byron Price| Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2022 16:28:37 +0000

A group of employees from the Sophos team in Germany have been volunteering for environmental charity Naturefund.

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ZTNA vs Remote Access VPN

August 10, 2022 0 Comments products & services, sophos ztna, ztna

Credit to Author: Chris McCormack| Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2022 13:00:07 +0000

Zero trust network access is a new and better way of providing remote access – without all the frustrations, limitations, and security gaps of remote-access VPN.

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Microsoft squares away 121-CVE Patch Tuesday for August

August 10, 2022 0 Comments dogwalk, follina, Microsoft, Patch Tuesday, threat research

Credit to Author: Angela Gunn| Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2022 12:31:41 +0000

Another tough month for Azure admins; meanwhile, Windows takes a long road to a Dogwalk

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Lockbit, Hive, and BlackCat attack automotive supplier in triple ransomware attack

August 10, 2022 0 Comments active adversary playbook, blackcat, featured, hive, lockbit, Ransomware, security operations, sophos x-ops

Credit to Author: Matt Wixey| Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2022 11:00:50 +0000

After gaining access via RDP, all three threat actors encrypted files, in an investigation complicated by event log clearing and backups. 3 attackers, 2 weeks – 1 entry point.

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The State of Ransomware in Financial Services 2022

August 10, 2022 0 Comments products & services, Ransomware, the state of ransomware

Credit to Author: Doug Aamoth| Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2022 11:00:25 +0000

The ransomware challenge for the financial services sector continues to grow. Attack rates are up over the last year, with cyber criminals succeeding in encrypting data in over half of attacks.

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