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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: May 2009
A fresh coat of paint for the Sophos website
The guys in marketing have been busy refreshing the front page of the website, and some other areas of the site. Perhaps the first thing you'll notice is that we have a bunch of videos talking about the various issues Read more…
Viagra Campaign with Discounts
It is perfectly normal to see Viagra related spam hitting our spam traps. In many cases the spammers attempt to be professional, offering great discounts and "guaranteed satisfaction" on their products. They often use celebrity pictures as well, to add Read more…
Downsize your defaults
Computer malware history is full of those Doh! moments. Occasions where you are left at worst speechless, at best dumbfounded. In many cases, user error or ignorance is the root cause, but often it is the software at fault. I Read more…
Podcast: Defeating hackers is hard
When I was at the RSA show in San Francisco last month I had the opportunity to spend a little time with Robert Westervelt, news editor at SearchSecurity.com. Below you'll find a podcast we recorded where Rob lets me ramble Read more…
Helsinki named Klingon-speaking capital of the world
I thought I had probably written all there was to say about Klingon Anti-Virus, but looking at the topic again we've uncovered something really interesting. For a bit of fun, we decided to look at our weblogs to see if Read more…
Adobe announces its own Patch Tuesday
Following increasing concern about hackers taking advantage of security vulnerabilities in Adobe's PDF-reading software, the company has announced that it will be making security updates available on a regular schedule. Adopting a similar initiative to Microsoft (which releases security patches Read more…
Beware tvviter.com - video of a live Twitter phishing attack
I got an email this morning saying that someone called "3XNJTVJG0SYIKDH (NinaOchoa)" was following my updates on Twitter. That's rather an odd name, I thought, and investigated further. (This video is also available on YouTube) (Enjoy this video? You can Read more…
AMTSO to publish opinion on anti-virus tests and reviews
The great and the good of the security world returned from Budapest last week where there was a meeting of AMTSO, the Anti-Malware Standards Organisation. One of the outcomes of that meeting was that AMTSO has decided to provide a Read more…
AusCert'09 Competitors Exterminated!
So another AusCert has come to a successful close much to the delight of our Marketing Department, which in one fell swoop has managed to all but exterminate the "pulling power" of competing vendor stands :-P Both myself and Paul Read more…
iPhone and eBay Phishing Scam
Apple's products such as the iMac, the Mac Mini, the iPod and the iPhone tend to generate a lot of interest and publicity around the world. Media publicity regarding the iPhone and its successor, the iPhone 3G have become so Read more…
As If Stealing Your Money Wasn't Enough...
There's a game out there a few of you may have heard of called World of Warcraft that's been in the news a lot over the years. I admit, I was once one of "them", playing long hours everyday to Read more…
Klingon Anti-Virus - the facts
A number of people have contacted me today asking why I haven't commented on the numerous news stories (click on each link) about a version of Sophos Anti-Virus available in the Klingon language. (Enjoy this video? You can check out Read more…
Bad news - it's child's play for anyone to recover your deleted Twitterings
Following last night's discussion about British TV celebrity Jonathan Ross accidentally revealing his personal email address on Twitter (and how, despite his attempts to delete the Tweet, it's still available for anyone to read) I've found outabout an online service Read more…
Jonathan Ross email goof highlights Twitter security issue
Britain's highest paid television personality, Jonathan Ross, has accidentally revealed his personal email address on Twitter. In doing so, he underlines a problem that has been worrying me about Twitter for some time. Ross, who is a huge fan of Read more…
BBC film of remote Trojan horse attack
A couple of months ago, the BBC broadcast a film that many people believe showed them breaking the law, by accessing the computers of unsuspecting members of the public without their permission in order to demonstrate how easy it was Read more…
Ford debunks $15,500 Fusion Hybrid email hoax
The Ford Motor Company has issued a light-hearted press release debunking a hoax that has been doing the rounds. The bogus email, which claims to come from a Ford sales manager in Dearborn, Michigan, claims that they are offering 500 Read more…
Successes in cybercrime fight highlighted in SOCA report
Last week the UK's SOCA (Serious Organised Crime Agency) published its annual report examining its last year's worth of operations, tackling everything from international trade in Class A drugs to those behind "letters from Nigeria" and other fraudulent scams. The Read more…
Baby Malware
The old ecard trick to spread malware never gets old, does it? In the past, we have seen ecards during neighbours. Now we have a cute little child trying to tell us that a secret admirer has sent us a Read more…
Security = safety? Sounds risky!
Earlier this week, Dennis Fisher wrote a column for ThreatPost declaring that Snow Leopard security is all relative, which Jon Gruber linked to with a discussion on Daring Fireball, called the difference between security and safety. I wanted to address Read more…
Facebook becomes Phacebook as phishers launch attacks
There have been reports overnight of a series of new phishing attacks against users of Facebook. At the back end of April, SophosLabs blogged about a phishing campaign on Facebook directing users to visit www.fbaction.net and www.fbstarter.com. Since then we've Read more…
