CISO Conversations: Ross McKerchar, CISO at Sophos

SecurityWeek roundup: interview with Sophos CISO Ross McKerchar on leadership, talent retention and AI-enabled threats; Mirax RAT (MaaS) observed targeting Android users in Europe and turning devices into residential proxies; Ivanti Neurons for ITSM patched to fix flaws that could allow persistent access and cross-session data exposure. Researchers warned of adware capable of disabling security products and delivering dangerous payloads to ~25k endpoints, including OT and government networks. Multiple vendors released urgent patches: Fortinet fixed critical FortiSandbox auth/remote code flaws;