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- SophosLabs: Employers get more nosey with employees' social media lives http://t.co/YFKp3Xw5about 2 hours ago
- SophosLabs: Hotel booking confirmation emails aim to infect your computer. Beware! http://t.co/TZgSwq4pabout 2 hours ago
- SophosLabs: Finally Facebook introduces different roles for page admins. Don't get hijacked - take action now! http://t.co/cl6LjyGEabout 3 hours ago
- SophosLabs: Learn about the latest threats and a live malware demo from @SophosLabs in SanDiego, SantaFe, Toronto, Indianapolis.. http://t.co/DQ1Eu5GXabout 4 hours ago
- gcluley: Hotel booking confirmation emails aim to infect your computer. Watch out! http://t.co/QoesJOnwabout 4 hours ago
Monthly Archives: February 2011
Facebook suicide death video? Rogue application makes money for survey scammers
A rogue Facebook application poses as video of young woman who committed suicide.
Think before you help cybercriminals spread viral scam across the social network.
Violence in Libya exploited by email scammers
Outbreaks of violence in Libya between the-powers-that-be and groups opposed to Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi are causing many people to flee the country for safer shores.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, scammers aren't being slow to take advantage of the breaking news story.
SSDs, encryption and decommissioning
A research paper about the secure erasure of data on SSDs has raised a lot of discussion.
What steps do you need to take when decommissioning a disk?
UK Government Agency wants your email scams - but is it doing it the right way?
The British public is being urged to forward any email scams it receives to the National Fraud Authority, to help it collect intelligence which might help track down internet fraudsters and bring them to justice.
But is information being collected in the right way?
OWASP chapter comes to Queensland - please join us if you can!
Will you be in Brisbane, Queensland on Tuesday 01 March 2011? Are you interested in learning about security and meeting a bunch of like-minded people?
If so, why not attend the inaugural meeting of the OWASP Brisbane chapter? (It's free.)
Facebook shock - site to close for maintenance at end of February?
A hot meme flying around Facebook at the moment is - shock! horror! - that the site will be closed for maintenance from 29-31 February.
Is this a joke? Or is there a serious side to the meme?
Fake Twitter notification leads to American drugs
Fake Twitter notification emails are making the rounds, but they don't lead to what you might expect. Not only do they direct you to "online pharmacies," this time they're American!
Mac OS X backdoor Trojan, now in beta?
A new remote access Trojan for Mac OS X surfaced in the lab showing malware authors are actively developing for Apple computers. Read on to learn its capabilities and how it works.
A new wave of phishing scams target Telstra
Phishing has diversified greatly in the last few years. No longer just a problem for financial institutions, the latest wave of attacks have targeted Australian ISP Telstra/BigPond.
FLAMING RETORT: Whither Anonymous, our new generation of cyberfreedom fighters?
Sophos Voice of Reason, Paul Ducklin, takes on hacktivism in another issue of Flaming Retort!
Anonymous. You either get it or you don't. You're either for it our against it. You're either a member or you're not. Which should you be?
HIPAA fines prove the value of data protection
This week the US Department of Health and Human Services levied the first fines under the HIPAA act. Now that they have proven they mean business, other health care organizations need to be sure they have the proper protections in place.
Anonymous hacks Westboro Baptist Church in live radio interview
Anonymous have defaced the website of Westboro Baptist Church in an effort to make them "go away".
Work from home scams target those looking to earn some extra cash
There are plenty of parents looking after young children who would probably love to spend a couple of hours each day, working from home, to earn a crust. But tread carefully - some of the online schemes are undoubtedly scams.
Cryptographic egg-on-Facebook, and on Google Calendar, too
There's cryptographic egg on the faces of both Google and Facebook after the recent publication of some interesting results from a security class run by Dan Wallach, a university professor in Texas.
Denial of Service vulnerabilities back in the spotlight - patch BIND now!
Until recently, only remote code execution vulnerabilities have made the mainstream news.
But Denial of Service vulnerabilities are important, too - especially a newly-announced bug in the DNS server, BIND.
Windows Phone 7 update bricks some handsets - Microsoft in security middle ground
Microsoft released a faulty update for their new Windows Phone 7 platform this week, could this have an impact on their ability to deploy security updates?
Sophos shortlisted for two awards by SC Magazine Europe 2011
Well well well - isn't this exciting! Sophos has been shortlisted for two awards by SC magazine. Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac Home Edition is up for Best Anti-Malware Solution, and Sophos is a contender for Information Security Vendor of the Year.
A wave of PayPal phishing emails
Spam messages are being spammed around the world, pretending to come from PayPal but really designed to steal your credit card information.
Was Kim Kardashian Twitter hacked or suffering finger trouble?
Reality TV star Kim Kardashian claims to have been hacked on Twitter. But what's the truth?
Windows 7/Windows 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 officially launched
Microsoft has finally released the landmark Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 and Windows 2008 R2. Download it now, and read on for the details of what this release means to you.
