Year in Review 2024: The major headlines and moments from Sophos this year
From cyber attacks across the geopolitical landscapes, to product updates that help small businesses, Sophos was there in 2024.
Similar Posts
At U.S. request, France jails Russian basketball player Daniil Kasatkin on suspicion of ransomware conspiracy
Bys sMeduza reports: A court in Paris has jailed Russian basketball player Daniil Kasatkin on suspicion of involvement in a hacker group’s extortion activities. The 26-year-old was arrested on June 21 at Charles de Gaulle airport at the request of the United States, which has charged him with conspiracy to commit computer fraud. According to American investigators, Kasatkin…
The Alliance That Wasn’t: A Critical Analysis of ReliaQuest’s Q3 2025 Ransomware Report
Bys sHere’s a must-read post, especially if you read and repeated claims that DragonForce, Qilin, and LockBit have formed some kind of cartel. Marco A. De Felice writes on SuspectFile: In the recently published “Threat Spotlight: Ransomware and Cyber Extortion in Q3 2025” by ReliaQuest, one particular section drew significant attention: the claim of an alleged “alliance” between three ransomware……
British institutions to be banned from paying ransoms to Russian hackers
Bys sMason Boycott-Owen reports: Hospitals, local councils and operators of critical U.K. infrastructure are among the organizations who will be banned from paying ransoms to hackers under new plans unveiled by the British government. The move — which will cover all public sector bodies as well as the owners and operators of critical national infrastructure —…
Russia suspected of hacking Dutch prosecution service systems
Bys sDutch News reports: There are “strong indications” that Russia was behind a cyber attack on the Dutch public prosecution department’s internal systems, justice ministry sources have told the AD. The affected systems contain sensitive information on ongoing police investigations and court cases, as well as personal data on staff. The department has not yet said…
New Windows RAT Evades Detection for Weeks Using Corrupted DOS and PE Headers
Bys sCybersecurity researchers have taken the wraps off an unusual cyber attack that leveraged malware with corrupted DOS and PE headers, according to new findings from Fortinet. The DOS (Disk Operating System) and PE (Portable Executable) headers are essential parts of a Windows PE file, providing information about the executable. While the DOS header makes the…
Meta Resumes E.U. AI Training Using Public User Data After Regulator Approval
Bys sMeta has announced that it will begin to train its artificial intelligence (AI) models using public data shared by adults across its platforms in the European Union, nearly a year after it paused its efforts due to data protection concerns from Irish regulators. “This training will better support millions of people and businesses in Europe,…