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- gcluley: What can secure software development learn from Bill Shakespeare? http://t.co/aGpajSnr19 minutes ago
- SophosSupport: How to uninstall Sophos Mobile Security for Android: http://t.co/aQedSnXn28 minutes ago
- gcluley: TV tech hacked sports show's website to earn virtual cash http://t.co/zfPCm2mzabout 1 hour ago
- gcluley: Doctors shouldn't buddy up with patients on Facebook or Twitter, hospitals warn http://t.co/BJUgdb8Nabout 2 hours ago
- SophosSupport: Application control-list of apps for June release now available for review: http://t.co/RbsXuhjLabout 2 hours ago
Monthly Archives: May 2008
Zoowatch continues
# Orang-utans are skeptical of changes in their cages, and the zookeeper is very fond of rum # Yesterday, I told you about the shenanigans that have been troubling the lovely people at Houston Zoo. They have been bombarded with Read more…
Free MP3s? Nothing in life is free
A couple of days ago McAfee posted an interesting blog entry detailing the aggressive use of fake MP3 files to trick victims into installing a potentially unwanted application (PUA). The article gathered some press, not least because the fake MP3 Read more…
Multiple media reports on multimedia malware
There have been many media reports (The Register, BBC News Online, TechRadar, ZDNet, Eweek, etc..) in the last 24 hours or so following a blog post from our friends at McAfee, describing a Trojan horse that is said to have infested Read more…
Mozilla warns thousands have downloaded poisoned Firefox plugin
Advertising code inserted by the malicious Xorer worm has been discovered in a plugin for the Firefox web browser that has been downloaded thousands of times in the last three months. Mozilla's chief of security, Window Snyder, has confirmed in a post on Read more…
Safe sofa surfing?
With the newer and ever more popular generation of games consoles it's not just about playing the game anymore, it's also about having the ability to browse the net from the comfort of your sofa in-between games or whenever takes Read more…
Sexy friends to spam no more
Bravo to the FTC and the Department of Justice, who have hit the owners of ATM Global Systems, based in Boca Raton, Florida, with a fine following a successful prosecution under the CAN-SPAM Act. Since at least January 2006, Mark Richman Read more…
Cellphone spam clogs up phone lines at Houston Zoo
# Someone told me it's all happening at the zoo.. # File this one under "bizarre". Officials at Houston Zoo have called in the FBI, after a bizarre spam of SMS text messages caused their phone switchboard to be swamped. According Read more…
Greetings from the EICAR conference
The 17th annual EICAR conference is being held in Laval, France. Despite our worries about getting there it was actually quite an easy journey. French rail system is excellent. This year SophosLabs have presented a couple of papers, both documenting Read more…
Facebook spam
As more and more companies put anti-spam defences in place at their email gateway, and home users hide beneath the umbrella of junk mail protection that their ISP or web email account provide, spammers may have to become more inventive Read more…
The spy who loved me: NASA, spyware, and online romance
It used to be the case that single men and women met down the pub, at pottery classes, or at the funfair just behind the dodgems. But today, with more and more people working longer hours, many - if not Read more…
Prison for Colorado spam king
The 30th anniversary of the first ever spam message certainly isn't worth celebrating (although the video is a lot of fun), but news that another big spammer has bitten the dust is a good reason for a party. Edward "Eddie" Davidson, Read more…
Make the Sophos Spam Pledge - as spam email turns 30 years old
Today sees the 30th anniversary of the first ever spam message. The message was sent by Gary Thuerk, an over-enthusiastic sales and marketing representative of DEC, to all 393 users of ARPANET (which later became the internet as we know it today). In Read more…
Even Rocket Scientists fall prey to malware
It may not have been a Rocket Scientist but the report on The Register that a NASA employee was conned into installing malware, should be a wake-up call that it could happen to anyone in any company. Though the malware Read more…
