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- SophosLabs: Facebook is not ending on March 15th 2012. Hoax spreads quickly [VIDEO] http://t.co/oI1XtXTS49 minutes ago
- gcluley: Metropolitan Police malware warning issued – beware the ransomware attack! http://t.co/A0GaLCghabout 3 hours ago
- gcluley: Sigh.. no, Facebook is not ending on March 15th 2012. Hoax spreads quickly [VIDEO] http://t.co/LmGayH3Labout 4 hours ago
- SophosLabs: RT @NakedSecurity Dutch ISP KPN hacked, credentials and personal information leaked http://t.co/W5qbrLkJ04:46 PM February 11, 2012
Latest Articles
Openmouthed? Facebook users gawp at new incarnation of survey scam
Facebook users are being hit today by a new incarnation of a virally-spreading survey scam that has already claimed many scalps.
Fired Gucci employee charged with hacking into network
A network engineer, who was fired by the American branch of Gucci, has been accused of breaking into the computer systems of the Italian luxury good retailer, shutting down servers and deleting data.
Profile Spy rogue application spreads virally on Twitter
Twitter users are once again finding themselves on the receiving end of a rogue application attack spreading virally across the network.
Thousands of Twitter users have fallen into the trap of allowing a third party application called "Profile Spy" to access their accounts, after believing that they would be able to find out who has been viewing their tweets.
The Color iPhone app, privacy, spam and hype
The much-hyped Color app offers to share photos with those around you - but what about privacy and spam concerns?
RSA release a few details on their big security breach
On Friday - ironically April Fool's day - Uri Rivner, head of new technologies and consumer identity protection, at RSA, released additional details on the RSA security breach. Here, we detail the bare bones of the attack.
Millions of Facebook users invited to scam events, as spammers exploit social network
Spammers have invited millions of Facebook users to bogus events on the social network, in their latest attempt to generate income from online survey scams.
Bogus events, earning money for spammers, are targeting over 10 million Facebook users.
My Facebook wall has been viewed X times - viral survey scam spreads rapidly
Do you want to know the total number of times that your Facebook wall has been viewed? Are you curious as to who may be stalking you on Facebook?
If so, you're a prime candidate for scammers who are exploiting that desire to put money into their own pockets.
Epsilon email address megaleak hands customers' customers to spammers
US direct marketing company Epsilon has been forced to admit to an email address leakage, apparently on an impressive scale.
Watch out for the scams and spams that may follow as a result.
SSCC 54 - Firefox, MySQL hacked, Comodo and Facebook
Michael Argast joins Chet for a HUGE Chet Chat this week. They primarily cover Facebook's new SSL/anti-likejacking, Comodo SSL hack, Firefox 4 and the SQL injection attacks against MySQL and Sun/Oracle. Extra: Don't miss the blooper of Chet mistakenly calling this Chet Chat 55... That's next week.
Android malware against software piracy
A Trojan horse that attempts to protect developers of an Android app from piracy and punish users of cracked software has been discovered by SophosLabs. Vanja Svajcer investigates.
What's the deal with the Lizamoon SQL injection?
There has been a large amount of press in the last few days regarding "Lizamoon", the name being given to an attack which resulted in malicious code being injected into a large number of websites.
April Fool: Apple iPad and other popular devices vulnerable to data loss through "substrate hack"
SophosLabs has found an alarming vector by which personal and private data can leak from smartphones and portable computing devices such as the Apple iPad and iPad 2.
Google apologises for Buzz privacy issues
After a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) review into whether Google snafued its launch of Buzz, a Gmail social media tool, the internet search giant apologized to its users and settled with the FTC yesterday.
No, Samsung is not shipping laptops with keylogger/spy software...
After yesterday's concern about laptops being shipped with keylogging software installed, it has now been confirmed that the issue was all due to a false positive.
Is Samsung intentionally shipping laptops with keylogger/spy software?
This story was based on some inaccurate reporting, and has been updated to reflect the updated information. See No Samsung is not shipping laptops with keyloggers for updated information.
RIP Jackie Chan hoax takes on Twitter users
Twitter users are being bombarded with messages suggesting that Jackie Chan has met his tragic end. For the last several hours "RIP Jackie Chan" has been a trending topic, with many people helping the spammers spread their messages. It appears Read more…
Facebook adds speed bump to slow down likejackers
Facebook has introduced a new security measure that intends to slow down likejacking. Does it work, and is this method strong enough to make a difference?
Christina Aguilera's stolen saucy snapshots: beware of scams
Private pics of pop chanteuse Christina Aguilera have cropped up in the public domain after she allegedly left her camera's memory card in a hotel in France, reported the Daily Mail. The photos emerged when they were offered for sale Read more…
BP in troubled waters over Gulf oil spill data spill
US National Public Radio reports today that BP's Gulf oil spill woes - which already include paying out compensation amounting to a whopping $4B - have been worsened by a data spill.
Just one lost laptop caused all the trouble.
The EU parliament computer network is under attack
The European Parliament's computer network is under attack, and reports suggest it is similar to the cyber attack the EU Commission faced last week. An EU parliamentary spokesperson confirmed that the attack was still underway as of this morning.
