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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 4 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 10 hours ago
Monthly Archives: June 2009
International MJ Conspiracies With a Payload
Yes, sadly we're still talking about people taking advantage of Michael Jackson's death. This week, we've seen a rise in malware purporting to show images and video leading up to Michael's death -- many malware groups around the world appear Read more…
Social networking and security
I saw yet another article today on the rise in cybercrime on Facebook http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE55S55820090629 We've been talking about the dangers of Facebook and Twitter for a couple of years now [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6]. This seems to be Read more…
Why it's a **** idea not to mask passwords
Web usability guru Jakob Nielsen has challenged websites to stop masking passwords as internet users type them in to login. Nielsen claims that web surfers make mistakes when all they can see are asterisks rather than the characters of their Read more…
"She's armed with technology"
... but is she security conscious? I was reading my RSS reader when I came across this blog article from the WSJ: http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/06/26/how-moms-feel-about-social-media/?mod=rss_WSJBlog and it really got me thinking. How many of these sites have been set up securely? How Read more…
A good use for a keylogger?
Normally when I discuss keyloggers on the Clu-blog it's in relation to identity thieves stealing your usernames and passwords as you bank online. But Lenovo appears to have found a positive use - as they've used keylogging software to help Read more…
Britney Spears isn't dead - but her TwitPic *is* hacked
She may very well be the name associated with more spam, virus and hack attacks than anyone else in history. Yes, step aside Paris, Angelina and Bill, my guess is that the name that hackers choose to exploit for their Read more…
Another Michael Jackson Scam
No doubt last week has been a very sad and depressing week for most people to learn of the passing of Michael Jackson. Michael Jackson not only inspired millions of people through his music but his tireless charity work had Read more…
Scammers Targetting Dog Lovers
There have been (countless, lost count) posts about the many permutations of scam found in spam. This post highlights another area scammers have gone into. A couple on a Christian mission whose puppy cannot cope with the African weather. I Read more…
More Michael Jackson spam for the weekend
It has been a quiet and sunny Sunday afternoon here in the SophosLabs Canada. With time on hand, I spend some time digging the archives to see if any new Michael Jackson-related spam have arrived in the past hours. Here Read more…
Michael Jackson "breaking news video" distributes malware
As many expected, the death of the "King of Pop" Michael Jackson has given malware authors a new topic to entice users into installing malware Shortly after we detected the first spam message regarding Michael Jackson, the first malware related Read more…
Warning: fake Sophos IDE update malware
We don't have a great many details on this yet, but we've had limited reports of malware sent out claiming to be a security update for Sophos. This is being sent out in email, with the subject: "Update your SOPHOS Read more…
Guest blog: Losing a BlackBerry in a black cab
Guest blogger Malte Pollmann, VP of Product Development at Sophos, has lost his BlackBerry - but doesn't seem to be that bothered. I'll let Malte explain why.. Now they have finally got me. After years of wondering how the hell Read more…
Michael Jackson's Death Sparks Off Spam
The death of the "King of Pop", Michael Jackson, spread great shock through the entire world. Just after about 8 hours of his demise, SophosLabs witnessed the first wave of spam messages employing the sad news in the subject line Read more…
Does the UK attack other countries in cyberspace?
Yesterday, the British government published its cyber security strategy, announcing its intentions to create a central body to liaise with industry (the Office of Cyber Security or OCS) and a separate body, the Cyber Security Operations Centre (CSOC), based at Read more…
An Obvious Opportunity
It's unfortunate that whenever a celebrity of any sort dies, scammers rejoice as they have new material that they can be certain will give them a boost in traffic to their sites. Take today's hot topic for example. Well known Read more…
Cyber Security misconceptions... at the highest level
It is such a shame to see even the folks in charge of managing cyber security defenses peddling the senseless advice that you have to be a malicious hacker in order to understand malware. It appears the newly appointed Cyber Read more…
Leighton Meester sex video lure spreads Mac and Windows malware to Twitter users
Here's an unusual cocktail: Internet celeb and former Apple Mac evangelist Guy Kawasaki, a sex video of Leighton Meester (the star of hit TV show "Gossip Girl"), a sprinkle of Twitter, and a shot of web-based malware. My suspicions were Read more…
Losing More Money To The "Australian Tax Office"
Let's face it, no one likes to pay tax. ;-) With the coming of the end of the financial year (30th June), taxpayers working in Australia are preparing to lodge their income tax forms to the Australian Tax Office (ATO). Read more…
Are fake anti-virus writers getting lazy?
I have seen Fake Anti Virus software before. In fact, SophosLabs have been seeing them in various of different forms, like 2. What stood out about today's sample (Protection System), was how easily it seems to have been created. Virus names Read more…
The end of an era?
Alan Ralsky... His name is too familiar to the veterans of the anti-spam industry. He was notorious for the "stock pump-n-dump" scam e-mails and was the #1 spammer on the SpamHaus's "The 10 Worst Spammers" list as early as November Read more…
