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- duckblog: Get into RSA 2012 in San Francisco for free! Use the code SC12SPH - http://t.co/DXO28TCYabout 3 hours ago
- ChetWisniewski: Update on the KPN compromise in The Netherlands, company says "password are encrypted with UTF8" http://t.co/EmDuXfqSabout 3 hours ago
- gcluley: Cryptome was hacked this weekend directing users to Blackhole exploits. Advice for web admins http://t.co/aN78hlkpabout 6 hours ago
- ChetWisniewski: Leaks website Cryptome was hacked this weekend directing users to Blackhole exploits. Advice for web admins http://t.co/OxSK9sifabout 6 hours ago
Monthly Archives: January 2009
Kanye West suffers hack attack
Someone has really got it in for award-winning American rapper Kanye West. In December he was embroiled in a war-of-words with Stephen Colbert, after offensive messages were allegedly posted on the singer's Twitter account criticising the Comedy Central host. The Read more…
OSX/iWorkS-B another Trojan affecting dodgy downloads
SophosLabs heard some reports today regarding another Trojan affecting dubious downloads from torrent (Intego and Graham Cluley). This Trojan, OSX/iWorkS-B, is affecting Adobe Photoshop CS4 downloads on torrent. OSX/iWorkS-B has a similar modus operandi to OSX/iWorkS-A. The differences mean that Read more…
Reports of Mac Trojan in pirated Adobe Photoshop CS4
It's news which should dispel once and for all the notion that it's only script kiddies and proof-of-concept coders that are developing malware for Mac OS X. it is being reported that a new variant of the Apple Mac iWorkS Read more…
Suspicious Sara is suspended on Twitter
"Sara Cross", aka Sara4877, the Twitter user who raised my suspicions and was the subject of my video a few hours ago, has now had her account suspended on Twitter. Hopefully that will prevent "her" from spreading spam and malware Read more…
Video: Twitter spammer caught on camera
I've written before about how I have caught sexy spammers stalking me on Twitter. This evening, I suspected something similar was happening when I stumbled across the details of one of the latest people to follow me. At the time Read more…
Serious security alert for Monster and USAJobs users
Careers website Monster.com and USAJobs.gov, the official job site of the US Federal Government, have published security alerts to their customers warning of a serious hacking attack. Feeling a sense of deja vu? Well, you should be as this has Read more…
High Court to review NASA hacker's extradition order
Gary McKinnon, the British man who hacked into computer systems belonging to NASA, the Department of Defense, the US Army, US Navy and US Army, will be breathing a sigh of relief today after hearing that the British High Court Read more…
Bank customers hit by SMS text message phishing scam
Many of us are used to receiving emails in our inbox that claim to come from a bank, and asking us to log in urgently. But have you ever received a phishing text message on your mobile phone? According to Read more…
OSX/iWorkS-A another reason to have a Mac security product
Yesterday, SophosLabs was made aware of a new Mac OS X Trojan affecting a dubious copy of iWork '09 (an update to Apple's popular rival to Microsoft Office). In the news and blogosphere there were several write-ups and descriptions (Threat Read more…
Mea Culpa
Prompted by yesterday's article in The Register I looked up what Technet article I have been linking to when blogging about USB malware analysis. It seems that I have not updated my links. So I am updating the links in Read more…
Experimenting with caginess: a 419 spam case study
I recently came across a sly variation on your typical 419 spam campaign, where the spammer made an obvious effort to provide very little information about `the huge pile of money they absolutely need your help to get their hands Read more…
Reports of new Mac Trojan horse in pirated version of iWork '09
We're investigating reports of a new Trojan horse capable of infecting the Apple Mac OS X platform. The Trojan, which is being called "iWorkServices" or "iServices" by some, has been distributed via BitTorrent inside a pirated version of Apple's new Read more…
See a Facebook scam in action
This caught my interest today. Rakesh Agrawal, the CEO of SnapStream, a Texan software company, received a message on Facebook, supposedly from one of his friends - Matt Finkelstein. "Matt" told Rakesh that he was stranded in London, after he Read more…
Spammers defy Bill Gates's death of spam prophecy
Five years after Bill Gates made a prediction that spam would be eradicated, it remains a major problem - with no end in sight. On 24 January 2004 at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Bill Gates declared that Read more…
Hackers smuggled into bank for £229 million heist, court hears
A court has been told more details of the alleged plan to steal £229 million from customers of the Sumitomo Mistsui bank, by planting spyware on the firm's computers. Snaresbrook Crown Court was told that a security supervisor at the Read more…
SQL attacks are not dead
While catching up on my blog reading yesterday I saw mention, in Silent Noise, of some new domains used in the SQL attacks. While investigating this, I found several other domains as well (Silent Noise has since been updated with Read more…
Police catch man in "Monkey got out of the cage" case
A man has confessed to police that he sent a text message saying "The Monkey got of the cage" that was spammed out to cellphone users at the University of Florida on Tuesday. The man, who has not been named, Read more…
NASA hacker Gary McKinnon given a lifeline.. for now
Gary McKinnon, the British man who broke his way into computer systems belonging to NASA, Department of Defense, the US Army, US Navy and US Army, has been thrown a lifeline by the UK establishment in his continuing fight to Read more…
"The monkey got out of the cage": Racist Obama link as students spammed
Staff at the University of Florida are reported to have shut down a system that can send cellphone SMS texts to students and staff, after hackers are believed to have compromised the system. A message saying "The monkey got out Read more…
Gang faces trial over attempted £220 million bank hack
Five men, including one who styles himself as "Lord of the manor", are facing trial in England - accused of attempting to hack into the London branch of the Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation to steal over £220 million. The hack, Read more…
