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Sophos Home Premium for Mac Review: Affordable Remote Security With Trade-Offs
Sophos Home Premium offers Mac antivirus protection at a low price, but it lacks independent testing lab verification and the advanced features found in the Windows edition.
$39.98 Per Year
Sophos Home Premium Review: Cloud-Managed Security at a Bargain Price
The affordable Sophos Home Premium expands on basic antivirus protection by integrating features from the company's enterprise-level solutions, with configuration managed remotely.
$39.98 Per Year
Norton vs. Sophos: More Features or More Licenses—What Matters Most?
Norton AntiVirus Plus offers class-leading features and functionality. Sophos Home Premium gets you 10 licenses for the price of Norton’s one. Which antivirus should you use? I compare them on price, performance, and more to help you decide.
Bitdefender vs. Sophos: Is Remotely Managed Antivirus Better?
Bitdefender lives entirely on your PC, while Sophos can be managed via the cloud. Which antivirus is right for you? I’ve tested both and am here to explain what makes them different and which one you need.
Hacker Scams Noobs and Game Cheaters With Booby-Trapped Malware Builder
Over a 100 GitHub pages devoted to malware creation and game cheats hosted a tool that secretly deployed malicious computer code to PCs.
Sophos Intercept X Endpoint Protection Review
Sophos Intercept X Endpoint Protection keeps its Editors' Choice rating this year with an even more intuitive interface, an updated threat analysis capability, and excellent overall threat detection.
Free Trial
Sophos Home Free Review
Sophos brings its business-grade protection to consumers for free, complete with remote management, and it manages impressive scores in some of our tests.
$0.00
Sophos Home Free for Mac Review
This Mac antivirus lets you remotely manage protection for up to three macOS or Windows systems. It's speedy and simple to use, but none of the independent labs we follow vouch for its efficacy.
Free Trial
Sophos Discovers Malware That Blocks The Pirate Bay
The malware prevents its victims from visiting numerous piracy-related websites.
Ransomware Hits Research Facility After Student Installs Pirated Software
A student with access to a European research institute's network exposed his login credentials after installing pirated software that turned out to be password-stealing malware, according to security firm Sophos.
SamSam Ransomware Hackers Rake in $5.9 Million
Sophos came to the $5.9 million figure by identifying which Bitcoin addresses the hackers had been using to receive the ransom payments. In total, they identified 157 unique addresses and estimate 233 victims gave in to the ransom demands.
Google Maps Is Being Abused by Scammers
Clicking a short URL may use Google Maps to redirect you to a Russian scam website.
AVG CloudCare Review
AVG CloudCare is a value-priced, easy-to-deploy and administer, cloud-based endpoint protection solution. It offers good protection, but lacks some required business features for larger organizations. Nonetheless, AVG CloudCare is a good option for small business without complex security environments.
0.53 Per Device Per Month
Rivals of Ransomware Program Steal Its Decryption Keys
The 3,500 keys are now available online, though it's unclear if anyone can use them to write a decryption program.
Let's Encrypt Accidentally Leaks Customer Email Addresses
Let's Encrypt accidentally put the email addresses of other customers in the body of an email to 7,600 customers.
Hackers Trying to Steal Your Tax Refund With Stolen SSNs
Hackers are using stolen Social Security numbers and bots to steal your money from the IRS's E-File system.
Sophos Cloud Endpoint Protection Review
SaaS endpoint protection software solution Sophos Cloud Endpoint Protection combines an outstanding management console with good protection scores in our lab tests. Server lockdown, user-based policy management, and new application control features are its strong suits.
Don't Be Duped by the Facebook 'Dislike' Button Scam
Scammers claim the dislike button is an "invite only feature," but it's not—it doesn't even exist.
Beware of Fraudulent Heartbleed Password Reset Emails
The most common advice for end users in all the buzz surrounding the Heartbleed vulnerability in OpenSSL was to reset passwords used for sensitive Websites. Users have to be alert for potential phishing attacks on the way, security experts warned.
Data Privacy: It's Easy As One-Two-Three
In light of Data Privacy Day, Sophos shared some useful tidbits on how to protect your online privacy settings.
