Matt Wixey

Matt Wixey

Matt Wixey is a Principal Technical Editor and Senior Threat Researcher at Sophos. He is a former penetration tester, and previously led cybersecurity R&D capabilities at both PwC UK and a specialist unit in the Metropolitan Police Service, digging into emerging attack vectors, vulnerabilities, and new technologies. Matt has spoken at national and international conferences, including Black Hat USA, DEF CON, ISF Annual Congress, 44con, and BruCon.

Contenuto di Matt Wixey

Threat Research
Claude
Beagle
Backdoor
malvertising
AI
DONUT
DLL sideloading
Sophos X-Ops
Ciambelle e beagle: un sito falso dedicato a Claude diffonde una backdoor
May 7, 2026
Threat Research
MacOS
infostealer
clickfix
MacSync
Social engineering
Evoluzione del malware: ClickFix e gli infostealer per macOS
March 11, 2026
Threat Research
Ransomware
Hive
Lockbit
BlackCat
LLM
AI
Money Laundering
Risate nel buio: storie di assurdità dalla prima linea della cybersicurezza e cosa ci hanno insegnato
January 13, 2026
Threat Research
asyncrat
Backdoor
cybercrime forums
featured
lumma stealer
Sophos X-Ops
La strana storia di ischhfd83: quando i cybercriminali si attaccano a vicenda
June 12, 2025
Threat Research
CVSS
Patch Tuesday
patching
Sophos X-Ops
Prioritizzazione delle patch: un’analisi approfondita di framework e strumenti – Parte 1: CVSS
January 9, 2025
Threat Research
AuKill
BlackByte
BYOVD
drivers
featured
Ransomware
Sophos X-Ops
terminator
zam
Gli aggressori abusano ancora del tool Terminator e delle sue varianti
March 12, 2024
Threat Research
featured
Microsoft
Patch Tuesday
Non sempre puoi avere tutto quello che desideri nel Patch Tuesday
October 18, 2022
Security Operations
Threat Research
BlackCat
CONTI CRYPTOMINERS
featured
Hive
IABs
Karakurt
Lockbit
Ransomware
Sophos X-Ops
Gli attacchi multipli aumentano la pressione sulle vittime e complicano la risposta agli incidenti
September 7, 2022