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- gcluley: RT @NakedSecurity 350,000 users exposed by hardcore porn hack http://t.co/gLuH4hn6about 4 hours ago
- gcluley: Anna at Naked Security received some - ahem! - "romantic" Valentine spam http://t.co/vBBpn684about 6 hours ago
- SophosLabs: RT @gcluley: Ticketmaster warns of hacked mailing list, Adobe Reader spams sent out http://t.co/8Z51uihkabout 6 hours ago
- gcluley: Ticketmaster warns of hacked mailing list, Adobe Reader spams sent out http://t.co/I7kYAiwIabout 6 hours ago
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OMG? Not txtin again? Beware Facebook rogue applications
Over the weekend I saw a large number of Facebook users were searching my blog for information about a Facebook scam that disguises itself as a status update saying the user will "never text again". A couple of times in Read more…
Free online (Fake) AV scanner
I have seen many, many applications masquerade themselves as legitimate Anti-Virus software. Today I saw another version of a Fake online AV scanner Normally, FakeAV comes as an executable, which in turn downloads its other components. Then the executable starts Read more…
Do u want a wallpaper with your Fake AV?
Generally Fake Antivirus software mention all sorts of messages on the users computer to encourage/scare them into buying their product. This could be fake warnings, fake intrusion/infiltration reports, security warnings about certain executables or maybe simple dropping random "fake" malware files Read more…
Malicious PDFs: A summary of my VB2010 presentation
Last week, I presented at VB2010 a talk that was well received in the room and on the wires. A number of people have requested copies of or links to my presentation and paper (thanks to Helen Martin of Virus Read more…
Microsoft - quarantine infected PCs!
The Guardian leads today with the story "Microsoft: virus-hit PCs should be quarantined". The idea, endorsed on Microsoft's own technoblog, is not new. The theory is simple: if you are infected with a bot, then the best thing you can do...
Sophos Security Chet Chat 29
This week Mike Wood from SophosLabs Canada joined me in studio to try to make sense of the ZBot or Zeus trojan. We discuss what Zeus is, how it's distributed and some thoughts on how these crimeware gangs operate. As Read more…
10/10/10 internet virus rumour debunked
Rumours have spread across the internet that a computer virus will strike computers at 10:10am on 10 October 2010 (or, if you prefer, 10:10 10/10/10). It's just the kind of scare that people love to murmur about, and share with Read more…
Facebook new groups feature rife with abuse
Facebook's newly announced groups feature may not be the boon for privacy some have predicted. Although only a small percentage of Facebook's users are upgraded to the new features it would appear people are exploring the possibilities in a rather Read more…
Father catches daughter on her webcam? It's a Facebook survey scam
It might seem like the title of a rather seedy porn movie, but the truth is that a message spreading virally across Facebook about a father catching his daughter on her webcam is actually designed to make money for scammers. Read more…
Is this the world's sexiest hacker?
The American media appear to be getting all steamed-up regarding Kristina Svechinskaya, one of 37 people charged this week in New York for their alleged part in a ZBot banking/hacking plot. The media described 22-year-old Miss Svechinskaya as an "eastern Read more…
Combating online child sexual abuse content
Today is the fourth Internet Watch Foundation Awareness Day, and Sophos is pleased to support the initiative to make more people aware of the extremely valuable service that the IWF provides. We support the IWF's aims and work with them Read more…
Fannie Mae worker found guilty of planting malware timebomb
A computer programmer has been convicted after planting a malicious script, designed to destroy data from the servers of Fannie Mae, a US financial giant. 36-year-old Rajendrasinh Babubhai Makwana worked for three years as a software engineer contractor at Fannie Read more…
Facebook privacy changes - a missed opportunity?
Facebook, through the medium of CEO Mark Zuckerberg's blog, has just announced a trifecta of changes to the Facebook interface. Apparently, if you are a Facebook user, you will soon be getting...
Stuxnet minus the hype - What you actually need to know
There has been a lot of hype and speculation in the media over the last few weeks about the Stuxnet virus. I thought it might do us some good to ignore the conjecture and look at the implications of the Read more…
Cameron: Decision on Gary McKinnon will be 'weeks rather than months'
British Prime Minister David Cameron has said that he expects a decision to be made about the fate of hacker Gary McKinnon in "weeks rather than months". In an interview with Tom Bradby, a reporter with ITN TV news, Cameron Read more…
Man fined over $1 billion for sending Facebook spam
Over a two month period, Adam Guerbuez sent more than four million spam messages to Facebook profiles, promoting marijuana and sexual enhancement drugs. For every one of the 4,366,386 spam posts Montreal-based Guerbuez made during March and April 2008, he Read more…
Mammoth security patch rushed out for Adobe Acrobat and Reader
Adobe has issued a security bulletin urging users of its Adobe PDF Reader and Acrobat products to update their software before hackers take advantage of at least 23 vulnerabilities in the software. In a clear sign of the seriousness posed Read more…
'Claimed my free iPhone' spam swamps Facebook
Scammers continue to make a mockery of Facebook security, with social networking accounts being abused to spread messages about "free" iPhones. Claimed my free iPhone today, so happy lol... If anyone else wants one go here <LINK> The messages have Read more…
Facebook is down, yes, down
It would appear there is an issue at social networking giant Facebook. While investigating the latest iPhone scam passing around Facebook this evening I noticed they went "unavailable". I thought it must be me, I mean who has a more Read more…
British e-crime police need more funding, says Met Police chief
Sir Paul Stephenson, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, has described how 'traditional' organised crime in Britain is "waking up to the profits and uses of e-crime" and that the authorities need to be properly funded to respond. Writing in the Sunday Read more…
