Hi All,
Due to a planned maintenance update the Sophos Community will be unavailable on Saturday August 26th for approx. 45 minutes.
The site will show a maintenance page during the work similar to:
The update is currently scheduled Saturday August 26th starting at 06:00 PST, 08:00 CDT, 14:00 BST, 13:00 GMT, 18:30 IST and will be unavailable for approximately 45 minutes.
Sorry for the disruption but this update will provide…
Hello,
Users that topped each product group leaderboard for Q2 have received a $10 gift certificate to the Sophos Store. Our leaderboard rewards program is detailed in this post. Our Q3 winners will be announced early October. We now have 76,000 users in the Sophos Community!
Our Q2 Winners:
Aiman AnsariQCMichaelMcLannahanBAlfsonlferraraJasonFellandrewmullinsHolgerMarkusGerstnerjakMd. Arif Uddin
Thank you!
Bob
Sophos is aware of a new ransomware variant being seen in multiple countries today. Our investigation shows that this attack both encrypts files and the Master Boot Record (MBR) and can spread rapidly using several techniques, including the "EternalBlue" exploit of a vulnerability in the Windows Server Message Block (SMB) service, which Windows computers use to share files and printers across local networks. Microsoft…
I would like to introduce Christian, who has been helping out Sophos users (and employees!) for almost 8 years with ~6700 posts to date. Christian has been part of the IT industry since the 1970's and has a very interesting timeline of his involvement, which I will let him detail below. He has recently topped 4 category leaderboards (Sophos Home, Endpoint Security and Control, Free Tools and Server Protection) in the…
As promised, we continue to reward our community leaders! Users that topped each product group leaderboard have received a $10 gift certificate to the Sophos Store. Our leaderboard rewards program is detailed in this post.
We are now a community of approximately 67,000 registered users and your willingness to help others out is what makes it all work! There were 7 new winners this quarter, which is great to see.…
We are looking to make changes to how posts that are marked as answers are shown in the thread. Please evaluate the two options below and let me know in the comments (or in a private message) which you prefer, and any other feedback on this area.
Current Implementation:
Currently, the thread can be sorted by 'All Responses' or 'Answers Only'. All answers, both verified (green) and suggested (orange) will show in…
I would like to introduce Luciano (lferrara), although with his prodigious output he may not need an introduction. Luciano is currently working as a Security Architect and has spent 13 years in the IT industry, starting out as a Technician at AMD. Luciano is currently the top contributor in the Community with almost 12000 points and over 3100 posts! He is an outstanding XG resource and is very generous in sharing his technical…
I would like to introduce the Community to David Okeyode, an IT Systems Engineer here at Sophos. David is a Sophos product specialist with outstanding knowledge of the IT field, and as a result, his work will be of use/interest to many of you. His YouTube channel has ~100 videos he created himself designed to help others understand and use Sophos products (among other things).
I highly recommend you take some time to…
To kick off the New Year I would like to thank the below contributors for going out of their way to help others out in the Community. Since we implemented product group leaderboards last October, these users have been on top and deserve some recognition. The user that topped each product group leaderboard received a $10 gift certificate to the Sophos Store, and the top 3 users for the sitewide leaderboard each received…
We recently made a change to the way forum posts are shown in the Community. In our feedback sessions, users told us they would rather have user details above the post, not below, so we listened! Please see the example below for what posts look like now. Thank you for all your feedback and please keep letting us know of ways to improve your experience.
Regards,
**UPDATE: We are aware of the Time Machine issue persisting in 9.5.4. We apologize and we are currently working on the problem.**
Two of the biggest issues users have reported recently are the Time Machine backup issue and the full scan stopped abnormally and was not completed issue. I'll detail both and what we are doing to address them.
Time Machine Backup Issue (Sophos Home + Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac Home…
Hey Community,
I want to provide some detail on how we will be rewarding top contributors to our Community. Top contributors are shown via leaderboards, which I have posted on previously.
Rewards will be broken down as follows:
I'd like to introduce Aditya, a Technical Support Engineer out of the Sophos Ahmedabad office who is dedicated to the Sophos Community and providing support via Twitter (find us @SophosSupport). Aditya has just recently joined Sophos and we're glad to have him on board!
Tell us a little bit about your background:
"I was raised in both Malaysia and India, and since I have spent equal time in both countries I can’t…
Forum threads in our new Community now give you the option to select 'I have this question too' under the 'Thread Info' widget.
If you are experiencing the same issue as the post has detailed, or if you simply have the same question you want answered, you should select this. Not only will you get a notification once there is an answer, but it will also help our network engineers identify what are…
Our new Community now comes with preset avatars that you can easily assign your profile to give it a little personality! Help us brighten up the new site by changing your avatar. If you already have a picture of yourself (or of anything else) up, that's great and this post is not for you.
Step 1: Go to your profile by clicking on the avatar icon in the top-right of the screen. From here click 'Profile'.…
On September 10th we will be launching a new and upgraded version of the Sophos Community site! The upgrade window will last from approximately 2:00 PM - 8:00 PM UTC, (barring any unforeseen issues) and during this time you will not be able to...
Recently we have made a change to our Knowledge Base. Previously, our KB articles were available in two locations, on Sophos.com and the Sophos Community. We are now focusing our effort on maintaining one instance of the Knowledge Base, which...
We've recently made some changes to the Activity Story Stream which we think will result in a better, more personalized experience for you. Now, when you are logged into the community, the Activity Story Stream (located below forums list) will...
Periodically we like to check-in with our members to gather feedback on what is and isn't working with the Sophos Community. Your responses will help shape the platform going forward. All feedback will be anonymous and shared with internal Sophos...
I'd like to introduce Aiman, a Network Security Engineer out of the Sophos India office who has recently been involved in the Email Appliance and Home forums. He is dedicated to the Sophos Community and will eventually be providing support via Twitter...
Recently I have had a few people request an easier way to see all the latest posts for a particular community group, without having to go into each forum. This was already implemented for UTM 9, and I have now added it to all groups that have multiple...
I'd like to introduce Sachin, a Network Security Engineer here at Sophos who has recently been involved in the XG and UTM forums. He is now dedicated to the Sophos community and will eventually be providing support via Twitter as well (find us @SophosSupport...
We are starting the staged rollout of Home for Mac 1.1.3 this morning. The rollout will take approximately one week. If the update is available for you, it will automatically update. You can also check in Sophos Menu > Update Now.
Fixes
We have recently made some changes to the community that we think will improve your experience using the site. Below I have outlined three of the biggest changes that will be most impactful to you. There are also numerous bug fixes included in...
I'd like to announce that we are adding a new forum to the community with a specific focus on malware. Malware is unfortunately something our customers and ourselves have to think about every day, and we hope this area can shed some light on how...