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- ChetWisniewski: Microsoft wasn't the only one to release patches on Valentine's. Adobe Shockwave and Oracle Java get critical fixes http://t.co/S26DjIl7about 1 hour ago
- SophosLabs: Warning - Whitney Houston autopsy video links on Facebook aren’t what they seem http://t.co/aLG1e7vY tip @techmemeabout 8 hours ago
- SophosLabs: Who has better privacy laws: USA or European Union? http://t.co/rQUnw2kW (via @mooseabyte)about 8 hours ago
- gcluley: Warning: Whitney Houston autopsy video links on Facebook aren’t what they seem http://t.co/sg98h50Fabout 8 hours ago
- SophosLabs: iPhone 5 tester SMS text scam hits cellphones http://t.co/0orOOGG7about 12 hours ago
Monthly Archives: March 2009
Your PIN or your life!
Life has become more dangerous for ATM card holders in the UK. As muggers require the Personal Identification Number (PIN) of a stolen card to make withdrawals, they are tempted to resort to violence against the card owners to get Read more…
Virtumundo - a malware distribution service
Virtumundo - if you are reading computer security blogs then the chances are high you have already heard of it. Virtumundo is one of those bits of malware that seems to be surviving, if not thriving, in the wild and Read more…
Twitter followers fall foul of fake follows site
As has been reported by Trend, new media luvvies Twitterers should beware! A recently registered domain tweetfollow DOT com, having a very similar name to a popular iPhone App, is serving malware. When you go to the site you would Read more…
Another embassy falls victim to attack
Another embassy falls victim to attack (Indian Embassy in Spain, US Consulate in St. Petersburg, and others). The Embassy of Ethiopia in Washington, D.C. is one of Ethiopia's more important embassies and yet when you visit it you can see Read more…
BBC and botnets - a storm in a teacup?
The BBC has hit the news recently for indulging in a bit of cybercriminality - or something very close to it - in which they seem to have: rented a botnet of about 22,000 PCs from cybercriminals commanded the PCs Read more…
Terry Waite calls on USA to drop case against NASA hacker
It's hard to imagine a more bizarre trio, but Terry Waite has lined himself up with Sting and London's gaffe-prone mayor Boris Johnson by coming out in support of Gary McKinnon, the British hacker facing extradition to the United States. Read more…
Dirty bomb news report leads to PC infection
Dmitry from our Vancouver offices has covered this in some detail on the SophosLabs blog, but I thought it was worth sharing with a wider audience. Hackers are spamming out emails posing as breaking news stories about a bomb blast Read more…
Bishop of Manchester struck dumb by virus
According to media reports, a virus has been found on the computer of Nigel McCulloch, the Bishop of Manchester, removing his ability to send or receive emails since 3rd March. Furthermore, technicians brought in by the Church of England to Read more…
A North Oxford pub: Serving malware not beer :(
If you're going to the pub today you might be in for a big surprise. At least if you visit the pub's website, because the one I visited last Friday was serving malware. At the end of last week, I Read more…
Waled explosion in your city!
Our spam traps have intercepted a new spam campaign linking to Waled malware. Just like it did in the past, the campaign exploits the "breaking news" theme in order to make you follow the malicious link. But today's "news" are Read more…
Naughty Burglary Alarms
I like to kid myself I'm a man of the world, but the phrase "burglary alarm systems" just doesn't conjure up any innuendo for me. I've tried and failed to work out what the spammers looked up in their thesaurus Read more…
Bouncy boxing for Red Nose Day at Sophos
Sophos's UK offices held a company-wide event today, with many staff dressing up in unusual clothes in support of Comic Relief's Red Nose Day. (Enjoy this video? You can check out more on the SophosLabs YouTube channel and subscribe if Read more…
SophosLabs do something funny for money
As the UK wakes up to Red Nose Day 2009, SophosLabs UK are joining in the fun and "doing something funny for money". Whilst carrying on with all our normal analysis we've paid for our Customer Analysis Team Manager Samir to be dressed as a badboy chav, Read more…
When social network invites are used for Nigerian/419 scams
In the last few days, we starting seeing a new wave of Nigerian/419 fraud messages coming from the social network site Ning.com. No, these are not the typical "Hi friend come join my network" invites. While many people may consider Read more…
Romanian police round up alleged phishers
According to media reports, Romanian police have arrested 20 people suspected of being involved in a scheme to steal banking usernames and passwords off the public through bogus websites. According to Stefan Negrila, chief of the organized crime police in Read more…
Did BBC break the law by using a botnet to send spam?
The Computer Misuse Act makes it an offence in the United Kingdom to access another person's computer, or alter data on their computer, without the owner's permission. The legislation has been used on a number of occasions to bring British Read more…
Conficker Call-home Protocol v2
As they say -- no rest for the wicked -- the Conficker worm has been updated again and comes with a new rendezvous protocol that generates a massive 50,000 potential call-home domains per day. Though, there is no need to Read more…
March 2009 Microsoft Security Bulletins
After several high profile vulnerabilities discovered for Microsoft products in February, with Internet Explorer vulnerability described in MS09-002 and Excel vulnerability described in (968272) being actively exploited in the wild, March brings a single vulnerability rated as Critical with a Read more…
Michael Jackson and Green Card lottery scams come together
This week tickets for a series of Michael Jackson concerts at the O2 Arena (formerly the Millennium Dome) in London sold out in next to no time. The controversial pop superstar claims that the concerts, which will earn him more Read more…
More UPS delivery malware spammed out via email
With apologies to Dooley Wilson.. # It's still the same old story A fight for love or glory A case of do or die. The world will always welcome spammers As time goes by.. # Yes, the oldies are the Read more…
