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Sophos: Identity attacks used in 85% of education ransomware incidents

Identity-based attack techniques were involved in 85% of ransomware attacks against education institutions, according to Sophos’ State of Ransomware in Education 2026 report. The findings show that identity compromise—including malicious email, phishing, compromised credentials and brute-force attacks—plays a major role in ransomware incidents targeting both lower and higher education. The rate was higher than the […]

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Sophos develops AI-powered tool to verify exploitable vulnerabilities

Sophos is developing Exploit Path Verification (EPV), a new capability for Sophos Managed Risk designed to help security teams identify which vulnerabilities can actually be exploited in their specific environments. EPV will use OpenAI GPT cyber models through the Daybreak Defense Network to analyze factors including asset and patch status, security controls, network reachability, identity […]

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Sophos and Nozomi Networks Partner to Unify IT and OT Security in Sophos Fusion

Sophos and Nozomi Networks have announced a new integration that brings OT security directly into the IT SOC, targeting the growing threat to critical infrastructure where IT compromises often trigger OT outages. The partnership integrates Nozomi Networks Vantage, its cloud-native, AI-enabled OT and IoT security platform, with Sophos Fusion, Sophos’ AI-native cybersecurity defense system. It is one […]

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Sophos partners with OpenAI to deliver AI-powered cybersecurity for MSPs

Cybersecurity company Sophos has announced a strategic partnership with OpenAI to bring frontier AI models to managed service providers (MSPs) through Sophos Fusion, the company’s AI-native cybersecurity defense platform. The collaboration aims to help MSPs integrate advanced AI capabilities directly into their existing cybersecurity operations, enabling them to deliver enhanced threat detection, investigation, response, and […]

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Sophos: AI accelerates cyberattacks as threat actors weaponize automation

Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming cybercrime, enabling threat actors to execute attacks in days instead of weeks, according to the latest AI Security 2026 Report from Sophos. The report found that AI’s most immediate impact is not the creation of new attack techniques but the acceleration of existing cyberattack workflows. Attackers are increasingly using AI […]

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Sophos report finds compromised identities behind 79% of ransomware attacks

Sophos has released its seventh annual State of Ransomware report, revealing that compromised identities have become the leading entry point for ransomware attacks, accounting for 79% of incidents analyzed across organizations worldwide. The vendor-agnostic survey, conducted among 2,158 IT and cybersecurity decision-makers across 17 countries, shows a major shift in ransomware tactics as attackers increasingly […]

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Sophos launches AI-native cybersecurity defense system to combat evolving threats

Sophos introduces Fusion, an AI-powered security platform designed to unify threat detection, response, and cybersecurity operations across enterprise environments. Sophos has launched Sophos Fusion, an AI-native cybersecurity defense system designed to help organizations respond faster to increasingly coordinated cyberattacks in the AI era. The new platform brings together security controls, threat intelligence, automation, and human […]

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Sophos Joins OpenAI Daybreak Program to Bring Frontier AI Into Cyber Defense

Sophos has joined OpenAI’s Daybreak Cyber Partner Program, integrating frontier AI capabilities into its cybersecurity products and services to strengthen defenses for more than 625,000 organizations worldwide. The collaboration marks a shift in how advanced AI models are used in cybersecurity, with Sophos applying them across threat investigation, vulnerability detection, and security operations workflows. The […]

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Sophos Scales Agentic SOC Model, Reports 52% AI-Driven MDR Case Resolution

Cybersecurity company Sophos has reported major production milestones from a year of deploying its agentic Security Operations Center (SOC) model within Sophos Managed Detection and Response (MDR), now protecting 40,000 customers globally and recording 39% year-over-year growth. The company said its AI-driven SOC architecture is designed to address rising cybersecurity complexity, where the volume of […]

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Sophos Uncovers New ‘Beagle’ Backdoor Distributed Through Fake Claude AI Website

Cybersecurity researchers at Sophos X-Ops have discovered a previously undocumented malware backdoor, dubbed “Beagle,” being distributed through a fake website impersonating Anthropic’s Claude AI platform. The malicious website, posing as a legitimate Claude AI download portal, offers a fraudulent “Claude-Pro Relay” application that delivers malware disguised as a Windows installer. Researchers believe the campaign is […]

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