Sophos tops G2 Fall 2025 Reports: #1 Overall in MDR and Firewall
#1 Ranked in 47 Global Reports
Let’s be honest: if you’re one of the first (or the first) security hires at a small or midsize business, chances are you’re also the unofficial CISO, SOC, IT Help Desk, and whatever additional roles need filling. You’re not running a security department. You are THE security department. You’re getting pinged about RFPs in one…
On November 7, a relatively new user on a hacking forum offered data allegedly from Doctor Alliance for sale. According to the seller, there is 353 GB of data comprising 1,240,640 files. “Contact us on signal to negociate this ransom or all your data will be sold,” the seller warned. The ransom demand was listed……
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new variant of a known malware loader called Matanbuchus that packs in significant features to enhance its stealth and evade detection. Matanbuchus is the name given to a malware-as-a-service (MaaS) offering that can act as a conduit for next-stage payloads, including Cobalt Strike beacons and ransomware. First advertised in February…
Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced an $80,000 settlement with Elgon Information Systems (Elgon), a Massachusetts company that provides electronic medical record and billing support services to covered entities, under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Security Rule. OCR enforces the HIPAA Privacy,…
Today’s post is a reminder why maybe we should all wait a bit before just repeating criminals’ claims about an attack. The group known as World Leaks recently added Freedman Healthcare to their leak site, claiming to have acquired 52.4 GB of data comprising more than 42,000 files. Some news sites reporting on the listing…
Lawrence Abrams reports: Oracle has silently fixed an Oracle E-Business Suite vulnerability (CVE-2025-61884) that was actively exploited to breach servers, with a proof-of-concept exploit publicly leaked by the ShinyHunters extortion group. The flaw was addressed with an out-of-band security update released over the weekend, which Oracle said could be used to access “sensitive resources.” “This……