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- SophosSupport: New Sophos Complete Security Suites: endpoint, data, email, web, mobile & groupware protection—on one license: http://t.co/13FVvp42about 2 hours ago
- SophosSupport: Scheduled Downtime. SophosTalk may be down for up to 2 hours today May 16, 2012 between 12:01am & 4:00am PDT (GMT -7:00) for scheduled work.about 2 hours ago
- gcluley: RT @NakedSecurity: Global Payments breach continues to bewilder, accusations abound http://t.co/AI64bgeeabout 3 hours ago
- duckblog: Congrats to #sophospuzzle winners at #auscert - David Zielezna and Phil Kernick - one prize still open to all online.about 5 hours ago
- duckblog: #sophospuzzle Stage 2 hint/discovery: if using simulation, even C's rand() with just 100,000 sample hands is about good enoughabout 11 hours ago
Monthly Archives: January 2009
D'oh! Malware author leaves "to-do" list in code
This morning I found yet more proof that your average malware author is male. I don't think many people will take issue with the fact that the majority of men are not known for their ability to multi-task. When a Read more…
The worm that turned
Amidst growing concern for the destruction of habitat and the extiction of rare species, it is startling that worms, especially of the "USB" ilk, have had a population explosion, somewhat akin to the Cane Toad in Australia. The USB worm Read more…
US military files on lost $15 MP3 player recovered
Earlier this week it was reported widely in the media that a New Zealand man had discovered confidential US military files on a $15 MP3 player he had bought at an Oklahoma thrift shop. 29-year-old Chris Ogle found on the Read more…
Eighth grade "hacker" sues school district
If you were a student and you hacked into your school's computer system you would probably expect there to be some serious repercussions. In my day it could quite possibly have resulted in a swift thwack on the bottom with Read more…
Google Chrome pretends to be Safari to outfox Hotmail
The Google Chrome web browser has been updated to fix a "high severity" security vulnerability that could be exploited by data thieves. Version 1.0.154.46 of Chrome fixes a few security issues - including one involving the Adobe Reader plug-in that Read more…
IE8: InPrivate browsing and plug-ins
As a quick follow up to my previous IE8 post, I would like to alert users to an easily overlooked consequence of using the new InPrivate browsing mode. Users will use the InPrivate browsing mode when they wish to leave Read more…
FakeAV exploits GreyMatter vulnerability
With all the recent media flutter about Conficker [1,2,3,4] and the advice by security software vendors to patch and update, it's no wonder that the FakeAV crowd are doing good business, as detailed by Paul Ducklin. Playing on the media Read more…
Wanted: Can you speak Klingon? No time wasters please
Pardon me for interrupting the normal stream of security-related stories here to ask something a little out of the ordinary, but I figured you folks wouldn't mind. Do you speak Klingon? Actually, most importantly, can you translate things into Klingon? Read more…
Podcast: Cybercrime on Facebook and Twitter
As we discussed in our recent security threat report, social networks like Facebook and Twitter are the new backdrops to the fight between good and evil on the internet. Spammers, hackers, malware authors and identity thieves are taking advantage of Read more…
Motorists warned of "Zombies Ahead" on hacked road sign
Normally when I am writing about zombies and hackers I'm discussing the threat of cybercriminals commandeering innocent people's PCs to turn them into a spam-spewing botnet. This one is a bit different however. As reported by Fox News, hackers in Read more…
Fannie Mae worker accused of planting malware timebomb
According to media reports, a federal grand jury in Maryland has indicted a 35-year-old man for planting a malicious script, designed to destroy data on the US financial giant's servers. Rajendrasinh Babubhai Makwana, worked for three years as a software Read more…
Debuggered
In the recent article, Delete files that don't exist, Stephen described a malware using the registry to delete a certain file upon launching. The same registry key is used in another way now. By adding the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Read more…
India's embassy in Spain victim of a malicious attack
Sophoslabs has received reports (Passionate about Information Security and Dancho Danchev) that India's Embassy in Spain has been the victim of a malicious attack. We can confirm that the site is indeed infected with Mal/Iframe-F. The site embajadaindia.com imports content Read more…
Boris Johnson, Mayor of London, supports NASA hacker
Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London, has come out in support of Gary McKinnon, the British hacker who faces extradition to the United States. Boris, who is loved by many British people for his very public gaffes and his physical Read more…
The Truth is that legitimate websites are serving malicious content
This morning SophosLabs noticed, via feedback from installation of WS1000 web security appliances, that the website Pravda.ru (which coincidentally celebrated its 10th birthday yesterday) has been serving up malicious content (Mal/Iframe-F). That doesn't seem a great way to celebrate your Read more…
Coming to grips with encryption
Rich Baldry is a talented chap. He's not only a product manager based in our Vancouver offices, but he can also play the tuba and walk at the same time. Now he can add another skill to his repertoire, as Read more…
Answers on a postcard please..
I'm always happy to get feedback on stories I've featured on the Clu-blog. At the moment you have to drop me an email, but I'm hopeful that soon I'll get the web wizards to give us a comment facility up Read more…
IE8 Release Candidate now available
As of yesterday the much awaited first Release Candidate (RC1) of Internet Explorer 8 became available for download [1]. I won't bore you with all the details of the features new in this version - you can find that information Read more…
Lil' Kim latest name to be added to the hacked celebrity line-up
What is with all these rap stars and computer security? No sooner do I finish blogging about the problems Kanye West is facing with his compromised Gmail, Twitter and MySpace accounts than I hear that his fellow rapper Lil' Kim Read more…
Arrest for 'housebreaker who installed spyware'
According to media reports from Japan, police have arrested a man who is believed to have broken into a house and installed spyware on his victims' computer. Police claim that 37-year-old Takamasa Kondo stole a door key to a Tokyo Read more…
