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- SophosSupport: Network problems with SAV 10.0.4 when MS ISA Firewall Client/Forefront TMG installed: http://t.co/x5LWvt4zabout 1 hour ago
- SophosLabs: Anatomy of a security hole - the break that broke sudo http://t.co/IsIQeuZ1about 1 hour ago
- SophosLabs: State of Utah outlines mistakes made allowing theft of 780K records http://t.co/KojHRCTCabout 2 hours ago
- gcluley: What can secure software development learn from Bill Shakespeare? http://t.co/aGpajSnrabout 2 hours ago
- SophosSupport: How to uninstall Sophos Mobile Security for Android: http://t.co/aQedSnXnabout 2 hours ago
Monthly Archives: August 2008
SQL Attacks delivering EXEs and SWFs
Our colleagues at SANS detailed an SQL attack overnight. An affected website contains a script tag pointing to a remote site hosting w.js (SophosLabs have updated Mal/Badsrc-C to detect that link). The good news is that Sophos already proactively detects Read more…
AntiVirus2008 & Zbot - presents from Irina
Earlier on today we started seeing a malicious Trojan dropper being sent out via spam. Messages hitting our spam traps carrying the malicious attachment bore rather predictable social engineering, in this case purporting to be from a lady called Irina: Read more…
Why even malware writers need anti-virus
One of the many interesting types of malware samples that we see at SophosLabs is malware that does rather more than its author intended it to do. We will receive a sample that typically has been packed with one of Read more…
A Virtual World of Mal-Intent
I often notice that new Virtumundo mutants are released into the wild. So I equally often find myself looking at samples received by SophosLabs and finding ways to generically detect this family of malware. It's come to the point where Read more…
Up to 1800 profiles hit by malware attack, says Facebook
Yesterday I posted about the malicious links that were being seen on Facebook users' walls, pointing to webpages containing a Trojan horse. The latest example of malware being seen affecting Facebook users displays a picture of a court jester, sticking Read more…
Forget Angelina, forget CNN headlines, we want Internet Explorer 7!
It's a funny old business, social engineering. In the past week or so we've seen Britney and Paris having fun together, CNN headlines of Michael Jackson being sued by his pet dog, and not to mention the numerous XXX-rated pictures Read more…
More malicious links seen on Facebook
Following the discussion a few days ago about the 'Koobface' malware, we are sorry to say that there are more reports of malicious activity going on on Facebook. You can find out more in the Fraser Howard's entry on the Read more…
White Hats meet Black Hats
Some of us are just plain unlucky and always choose the short straw. The penalty for my latest poor straw choice was to fly out to sunny Las Vegas to attend the 2008 Black Hat briefings. Readers please do not Read more…
New Facebook malware?
Over the past 24 hours, there have been reports of some new Facebook worm out there [1]. Supposedly something new, not the same as that discussed last week - aka 'Koobface' [2,3]. The new worm is supposedly spreading through messages Read more…
Exposed: CNN Top Ten video malware
Nicolai from the Canadian branch of SophosLabs has blogged about the malicious email campaign we have been seeing in our spamtraps. The emails look just like CNN's breaking news alert service, and internet users may be fooled into clicking on Read more…
CNN Video malware campaign
Since yesterday we have started seeing a malware campaign purported to be coming from legit CNN networks, with a subject line reading "CNN.com Daily Top 10". This is especially harmful for those who actually subscribe to CNN breaking news service, Read more…
Life's just a Cabiret, Old Chap.
After trawling through the quagmire of samples that SophosLabs receives daily it becomes apparent that there's a distinct lack of malware targeting mobile devices. The percentage of malware that are submitted is negligable when compared to the number of malicious Read more…
Videos lost, and videos nasty
On November 23 1963, the day after John F Kennedy was shot, the first ever episode of my favourite TV show was broadcast here in the UK - "Doctor Who". I've been a fan of the programme all my life Read more…
Another man accused of "Peeping Tom" webcam hack
Yesterday, Sophos published a story about a 47-year-old Cypriot man who has been jailed for four years after being found guilty of spying on a young woman via her webcam. Having infected her laptop with a spyware Trojan horse the Read more…
Busted! Wardriving gang suspected of TJ Maxx data breach charged
It is already being called the single largest and most complex hacking and identity theft that has ever been prosecuted. The US Department of Justice announced today that they have charged 11 men, for their alleged involvement in a heist Read more…
Shedding some light on malware on Blogger
Recently SophosLabs published its Security Threat Report examining the first six months of 2008. The report is quite sizeable, covering topics as wide ranging as backscatter spam, cybercrime arrests, Apple Mac malicious code, state-sponsored espionage and - of course - Read more…
Spaces Live -- Microsoft's flagship social networking site (ab)used
As I type a large spam campaign is abusing spaces.live.com Microsoft's flagship social networking site. A typical message using spaces.live.com: The obfuscated part of the domain is a random username. If you were to click on the site you would Read more…
Get_Spam_Get_Infected
It would appear the folks behind the previous related attacks we have blogged about [1,2] are not bored yet. As Brett highlighted in a previous post [3], these spam runs are accounting for a high volume of email traffic at Read more…
Sophos refuses to apologise for blocking your web browser
Are you one of those people who loves Firefox even though your company standard is to use Internet Explorer? Do you hanker for Safari, even though your IT team have pre-installed Firefox onto your desktop? Well, stop reading now - Read more…
Here is what Paris Hilton's mum should really be upset about...
Kathy Hilton, the mother of celebrity airhead Paris Hilton, is apparently incensed by an advert that compares US Presidential candidate Barack Obama to her daughter. The advert, which forms part of the election campaign by Obama's rival John McCain, compares Read more…
