August 10, 2023

Attacker combines phone, email lures into believable, complex attack chain

A social engineering phone call lends authenticity to the attacker's malicious email

Threat Research

April 21, 2021

Nearly half of malware now use TLS to conceal communications

As more of the Internet uses Transport Layer Security, analysis of detection telemetry shows the volume of TLS encrypted communications by malware has doubled in a year.

SophosLabs UncutThreat Research

April 08, 2021

Italian charged with hiring “dark web hitman” to murder his ex-girlfriend

Fortunately, this suspect wasn't as anonymous as he thought...

Naked Security

February 02, 2021

Agent Tesla amps up information stealing attacks

Recent updates to this common RAT add new communications methods and subvert the operating system's own defenses

SophosLabs UncutThreat Research

January 14, 2021

Europol announces bust of “world’s biggest” dark web marketplace

Dark web servers are hard to find - but not impossible.

Naked Security

August 17, 2020

Monday review – catch up on our latest articles and videos

Our recent articles and videos, all in one place.

Naked Security

August 13, 2020

Tor and anonymous browsing – just how safe is it?

How to stay safe when you're using Tor, even if the network is littered with rogues.

Naked Security

June 12, 2020

Facebook paid for a 0-day to help FBI unmask child predator

A third-party cybersecurity firm were paid to drill a hole in a Tor-reliant operating system to uncover a man who spent years sextorting young girls.

Naked Security

May 06, 2020

Firefox 76.0 released with critical security patches – update now

Firefox's latest version is out, with new password management features and a raft of security fixes.

Naked Security