Sophos

Sophos lays off 6% of workforce following Secureworks acquisition

by Carly Page
February 13, 2025
I.T. Today
1 min read

U.K.-headquartered cybersecurity firm Sophos is laying off 6% of its workforce, the company confirmed to TechCrunch on Thursday. The layoffs, first reported by The Register, come less than two weeks after Sophos completed its $859…

US sanctions Chinese cybersecurity firm for firewall hacks targeting critical infrastructure

by Carly Page
December 10, 2024
I.T. Today
1 min read

The U.S. sanctioned a Chinese cybersecurity company and one of its employees for exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in Sophos firewalls to target U.S. organizations. On Tuesday, the U.S. Treasury Department said Guan Tianfeng, an employee…