Sophos Workspace Protection Enables Safe GenAI Adoption
Easily enable adoption of sanctioned generative AI solutions Categories: Workspace
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Threat Intelligence Executive Report – Volume 2025, Number 6
This issue of the Counter Threat Unit’s high-level bimonthly report discusses noteworthy updates in the threat landscape during September and October Categories: Threat Research Tags: EDR killer, infostealer, Ransomware
From Security Operations to Security Leadership: Sophos CISO Advantage
Categories: Products & Services, Security Operations
The Screen Time Panic Sets Parents Up to Fail
I listened to hours of podcasts about how screen time affects kids of all ages and how parents should manage screen time but I still felt completely unprepared for this challenge when I had a kid. I think the reason for that is that there’s a lot of reporting about how screens are impacting kids,…
Chatbots Make Terrible Doctors, New Study Finds
Chatbots may be able to pass medical exams, but that doesn’t mean they make good doctors, according to a new, large-scale study of how people get medical advice from large language models. The controlled study of 1,298 UK-based participants, published today in Nature Medicine from the Oxford Internet Institute and the Nuffield Department of Primary…
Watch 404 Media’s Super Bowl Ad
Behold, 404 Media’s Super Bowl ad. Yes, we bought a Super Bowl ad. No, we did not spend $8 million. Until now, 404 Media has never done any paid advertising, but we figured why not get in on the country’s biggest ad extravaganza with a message about our journalist-owned, human-focused media company. There are tons…
As Space Tourism Looms, Scientists Ask: Should We Have Sex In Orbit?
Welcome back to the Abstract! Here are the studies this week that had off-Earth offspring, took stock of a mortal threat, productively slept, and sought out old friends. First, what to expect when you’re expecting a star child. Then: how to fight cancer, the nap-plications of lucid dreaming, and why old rats don’t make new…
Behind the Blog: The Neverending Cybersecurity Story
This is Behind the Blog, where we share our behind-the-scenes thoughts about how a few of our top stories of the week came together. This week, we discuss AI bubble hysteria, “just go independent,” and more. JOSEPH: This week we reported how the FBI has been unable to get into a Washington Post reporter’s iPhone…
Inspector General Investigating Whether ICE’s Surveillance Tech Breaks the Law
The Department of Homeland Security’s Inspector General is investigating potential privacy abuses associated with Immigrations and Customs Enforcement’s surveillance and biometric data programs, according to a letter sent to two senators. Last week, we reported that Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine demanded that DHS inspector general Joseph Cuffari investigate immigration-related surveillance programs across DHS,…
The DOJ Redacted a Photo of the Mona Lisa in the Epstein Files
The Department of Justice redacted the face of the Mona Lisa, a 522-year-old painting of an Italian woman who died centuries ago, as part of its release of files related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffery Epstein. In a PDF of an email with the subject line “simply paris” sent on July 3, 2009,…