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- gcluley: Anna at Naked Security received some - ahem! - "romantic" Valentine spam http://t.co/vBBpn68424 minutes ago
- SophosLabs: RT @gcluley: Ticketmaster warns of hacked mailing list, Adobe Reader spams sent out http://t.co/8Z51uihk48 minutes ago
- gcluley: Ticketmaster warns of hacked mailing list, Adobe Reader spams sent out http://t.co/I7kYAiwIabout 1 hour ago
- SophosLabs: Metropolitan Police malware warning issued – beware the ransomware attack! http://t.co/SzgXiWW4about 1 hour ago
- SophosLabs: Facebook is not ending on March 15th 2012. Hoax spreads quickly [VIDEO] http://t.co/oI1XtXTSabout 2 hours ago
Latest Articles
Patch Tuesday for January - what you need to know
In the first Patch Tuesday of 2011, Microsoft published just two security bulletins, fixing three vulnerabilities with two patches.
That leaves some critical vulnerabilities still unpatched. Learn what you can do to hold the fort until they are fixed.
Report reveals the dirty dozen top spam-relaying countries
A new report by Sophos has revealed the top twelve spam-relaying countries - and, once again, it's bad news for the United States.
Korean DDoS arrests - be warned, you can be caught
Two Korean hackers from a server rental company have been arrested over DDoS attacks against rivals.
Seems they also attacked a prospective customer who turned down their cloud services - an interesting sales technique!
LinkedIn scam - the fraudulent survey which wasn't
Last week, when many people were still on holiday, Naked Security readers started complaining about suspicious-looking emails appearing to be from popular business networking site LinkedIn.
It certainly looked like a scam. But was it?
Scammers target government job site - seasonal workers most at risk
Scammers have recently been targeting job seekers in Australia, aiming a phishing campaign at users of the government's job search site.
Seasonal agricultural workers are probably most at risk.
Facebook will NOT end on March 15th. Hoax news story spreads like wildfire
A story is spreading like wildfire across Facebook this weekend, claiming that the world's most popular social network is going to shut down on March 15th.
But what's the truth?
Facebook virus spreads via photo album chat messages
A new social networking worm similar to Koobface is currently doing the rounds. This scam doesn't ask you to take a survey - it actively infects your computer with malware.
Vodafone Australia in massive data leakage controversy
UPDATED: Vodafone Australia's current data leakage woes are a warning to us all.
Learn why, and listen to some advice on how to decide if your business is vulnerable.
125,000 people fooled by Tupac Shakur / Suge Knight Facebook scam
Marion "Suge" Knight has not been arrested for the murder of rapper Tupac Shakur.
But Facebook scammers are exploiting internet rumours - and a bogus news report - to make money through online surveys.
PayPal phishing - has your account been temporarily limited?
A phishing scam targeting PayPal users has been widely spammed out.
Would you be likely to enter your personal information into the attached form?
Pirated Mac App Store apps pose major risk
Apple introduced the App Store for OS X today which enabled a very simple way to pirate their applications. Will cybercriminals take advantage of this to distribute malware infected applications?
You are what you Tweet - and I'll sue you to prove it
Social networking is big news, even for traditional print publications.
Even a medium as casual and as abbreviated as Twitter can get you into deep trouble.
Will the Mac App Store keep malware at bay?
Apple's App Store revolutionized finding and installing applications for mobile devices. Now with the announcement of the Mac App Store will users benefit from the same safeguards against malware infections on their computers?
My 1st St@tus scam hits Facebook users hard, spreads virally
Beware messages on Facebook claiming to be about "My 1st St@tus" - it's a survey scam spreading rapidly across the social network.
Chinese auction site sells thousands of stolen iTunes accounts
Hackers are selling access to stolen iTunes accounts on Chinese auction site Taobao.
Are you taking enough care with your iTunes and other online accounts?
Google versus Microsoft - handbags at dawn
By some accounts, Microsoft and Google are at each other's throats over the disclosure of vulnerabilities.
What went wrong?
Trojan horse helped assassins track Hamas victim
Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, a senior Hamas official, was murdered at Dubai's al-Bustan Rotana hotel by a professional assassination team of 11 people.
Now a report claims that a Trojan horse helped the assassins track their victim.
A funny virus outbreak in the Microbiology lab
You see?
Viruses can be fun in the workplace. Especially if you work in a Microbiology lab.
Internet Explorer attacked in Europe - by Firefox!
According to recent web statistics, Firefox sneaked into first place over Internet Explorer for the first time ever at the end of 2010.
What does this mean to security professionals? What does it mean to you?
Zero-day Windows exploit - Microsoft issues advisory
Microsoft has just published an advisory about a remotely-exploitable zero-day vulnerability in the Windows graphics rendering engine.
