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- ChetWisniewski: Fancy some geeky tech-puzzle fun? Try our latest #sophospuzzle (and win a NERF gun) http://t.co/9k3pr1Qaabout 3 hours ago
- ChetWisniewski: Looks like no #Canadians have solved the latest #sophospuzzle yet - c'mon, let's give'r http://t.co/9k3pr1Qaabout 4 hours ago
- SophosLabs: Sophos just released a beta of its free Android anti-virus scanner (does other things too). Get it here http://t.co/9ankUHxhabout 5 hours ago
- gcluley: Technical paper - Fake anti-virus: The journey from Trojan to a persistent threat http://t.co/8pyjNEbGabout 5 hours ago
Monthly Archives: August 2008
Facebook and MySpace malware
Our friends at Kaspersky reported at the end of last week the discovery of the so-called Koobface malware which accesses infected users' Facebook and MySpace accounts. A few people have been in touch asking if Sophos detects the malware. Well, Read more…
Game Over?
Recent results from Sophos's 40-day endpoint assessment test showed that 51% of endpoints tested had disabled client firewalls, and 15% had out-of-date or disabled endpoint security software. Over the weekend as I installed a new game on my home PC I Read more…
Sorry, there isn't a reward
Apologies to those of you who have heard enough already about the rumpus over my name being misused on Facebook. Further to my appearance on the Richard & Judy TV show, some Facebookers are starting a rumour that I have Read more…
Was terrorist email sent from home user's unsecured wi-fi?
Anyone who has been following the international news in the last week or so, will be aware of the horrendous bombings that have taken place in India. Seven bombs exploded in Bangalore on Friday 25 July - a southern Indian Read more…
Beijing Olympics Ticketing Scam
An elaborate scam involving the sale of Beijing Olympic tickets is making news around the world. Unknowing victims have lost their money in purchasing tickets only for the tickets not to arrive. Several weeks ago, the International Olympic Committee have Read more…
We will always have Angelina..
Just a quick heads up that there is a spamming session in progress for a new variant of the old Pushdo Trojan family (Troj/Pushdo-O) . It uses the usual Pusdo obfuscation technique. Guess what? Angelina Jolie is back. Predicting malware Read more…
My spam run is bigger than your spam run
For the past two weeks SophosLabs have been monitoring a specific spam campaign employing thousands of shocking subject lines, and a link to one of thousands of compromised hosts serving up malware. This campaign has also changed the filename the Read more…
Sophos Anti-Virus achieves VB100 on Windows XP SP3
The August 2008 edition of Virus Bulletin magazine has just been published, and includes a test of over 30 different anti-virus products. Sophos was one of the products to achieve the VB100 accolade, successfully detecting all of the viruses in-the-wild Read more…
We'll always have Paris..
Maybe there are signs emerging that Lara Croft actress Angelina Jolie is no longer the sweetheart of malware authors. Although recently we have seen a stream of Jolie-related malware campaigns (often spelling her forename Anjelina, and offering XXX-rated free naked Read more…
The future of web threats?
We have blogged a lot over the past year or so about attackers using compromised sites in order to infect victims with malware. Once infected there are a variety of mechanisms through which the attackers then make their money. These Read more…
Video: The e-Ticket email malware campaign
So, this is a bit diffferent. There have often been demonstrations explaining malware from the users' point of view. What I have tried to do in this video is give you a glimpse of how we see it inside SophosLabs. Read more…
Man arrested over stolen British passports
There has been an interesting development in the story we told you a few days ago, about the 3000 blank passports stolen in the UK. The Times is reporting that British police have arrested a man, believed to be the Read more…
Google taking action against Nigerian/419 fraud spammers
A few days ago, someone on a discussion list I frequent claimed that there was a drastic reduction of Nigerian/419 spams received from Google mail servers. It is an unfortunate fact, but all the major freemail providers, including Google's Gmail, Read more…
