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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: May 2010
Sue BP for damages resulting from the oil spill?
SophosLabs global network of spamtraps are now seeing "snow-shoe spam" promoting litigation services against British Petroleum (BP) relating to the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill disaster. They are targeting anyone who may be negatively affected by the oil spill, and Read more…
Facebook Worm - "Likejacking"
Graham posted earlier about a new Facebook clickjacking worm, and as someone who saw this spreading like wildfire among members of my own contact list I thought I'd dig into it a little. The technique is exactly as Graham describes Read more…
Viral clickjacking 'Like' worm hits Facebook users
Hundreds of thousands of Facebook users have fallen for a social-engineering trick which allowed a clickjacking worm to spread quickly over Facebook this holiday weekend. Affected profiles can be identified by seeing that the Facebook user has apparently "liked" a Read more…
Naughty Camera Prank virus hits Facebook users
Reports are coming in that a new attack is spreading virally across Facebook disguised as a video - the third Saturday in a row that the social network has been assaulted in this fashion. The attacks come in the form Read more…
BP's Twitter account hacked by pranksters
BP has admitted that its official Twitter account was compromised temporarily yesterday by hackers who posted a joke about its attempts to stem the devastating oil leak that has polluted the Gulf of Mexico. According to a report from Business Read more…
CARO Workshop 2010 - Day Two
Billy blogged yesterday about the first day of this year's CARO conference. He has since developed a nervous tick whenever the words "exponential", "growth" and "samples" are used in the same sentence. Luckily, today's talks were much more upbeat. Instead Read more…
Poll: 93% say Facebook should make you 'opt-in' to sharing rather than 'opt-out'
Some of you will be waking up today to find that Facebook's privacy settings have been updated (don't panic if you're a Facebook user and you don't see the new settings yet - they're taking a while to roll out). Read more…
Japanese duo arrested over Hentai extortion virus
According to media reports, two men have been arrested in Japan in connection with computer malware which stole personal information and posted it on the internet. The men are said to have not only created the malware, but also been Read more…
Phishing - Alive and kicking
The phishes I've received in the last few weeks seem to be diversifying. Historically, almost all of the ones I received on my Canadian accounts are what I would call generic. They target large American internet presences like PayPal, eBay, Read more…
Canada reintroducing anti-spam legislation
Today, media outlets are reporting that the Canadian federal government is reintroducing a previously set-aside Anti-spam legislation. Bill C-28 also known as the "Fighting Internet and Wireless Spam Act", will be mostly identical to the previous version. Similar to legislation Read more…
Facebook privacy settings revamped: good news and bad news
First, the good news. Facebook has simplified its privacy settings. The incredibly popular social networking site has kept the promise it made last week and come up with an attractive and seemingly simpler replacement for what was a terrifying labyrinth Read more…
Facebook changes privacy controls, no increase in privacy
This morning's announcement by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was much anticipated by the network's estimated 400 million users. Facebook's announcement was live blogged on Cnet.com and covered a lengthy Q&A session. First and most importantly, Mark showed off a brand Read more…
CARO Workshop 2010 - Day One
Greetings from picturesque Helsinki where the 2010 CARO workshop (Computer Anti-virus Research Organisation) is being held. This year the focus is on the the scale of the malware problem, a problem all anti-virus vendors have no choice but to deal Read more…
Nick Clegg appears to backtrack over intervention in Gary McKinnon case
Nick Clegg, the Deputy Prime Minister of the UK, has shocked supporters of Gary McKinnon, by saying that the newly elected British Goverment may not be able to prevent the extradition of the self-confessed NASA hacker. According to newspaper reports, Read more…
Scaremongering scientist claims to have infected himself with computer virus
A British scientist at the University of Reading is claiming to be the first human to be "infected with a computer virus". According to a report on BBC News, Dr Mark Gasson, a senior research fellow working at the university's Read more…
Rogue Testimonials from Rogue Anti-virus
The same breed of character that brought you rogue customer service are adding to their con-artist repertoire with rogue product testimonials for their FakeAV. These obviously bogus "True life stories" are just another detail in the social engineering effort to Read more…
Second man jailed for Scientology DDoS attack
Even if you don't like someone (or a particular organisation) that's not a reason to commit a criminal act. In January 2008, a distributed denial-of-service attack (DDoS) struck websites websites belonging to the highly controversial Scientology organisation - flooding them Read more…
Students' personal data exposed after USB drive stolen
A school in Woodbridge, Virginia, held a meeting with parents last night to discuss the loss of a USB flash drive containing personal information about students. Lake Ridge Middle School posted an advisory on its website explaining that the USB Read more…
May roundup – "90 Second News"
Last month I did my 90 Second News roundup in the week of Patch Tuesday. This month I'm a bit late, for which I apologise, but I was away at the AusCERT conference, setting cryptogram puzzles and dodging virus-infected USB Read more…
Sophos's greatest video hits
Are you subscribed to Sophos's YouTube channel? We publish regular videos up there about the latest security news, live demonstrations of threats, and tips on how to better protect your computers. My fellow blogger Paul Ducklin has recently started producing Read more…
