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- gcluley: Has Google said your PC is infected with DNS Changer malware? http://t.co/9muMA7zt37 minutes ago
- SophosSupport: Advisory: Sophos Endpoint v 9.5 and 9.7: automatic upgrade to v 10, reboot required: http://t.co/8KxlQ0Nq45 minutes ago
- SophosLabs: 4 yrs jail for man who masterminded Bredolab botnet of 30 million computers http://t.co/yq2q5tkG #huzzah!about 1 hour ago
- SophosLabs: Learn more about analog computing - and Bob Moog! http://t.co/B0dQjMdkabout 1 hour ago
- gcluley: DDoS attack brings down UK webhosting firm 123-reg http://t.co/kMwKEhRS (via @regvulture)about 2 hours ago
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Web filtering: How well are you really protected?
Guest blogger Richard Baldry is the product manager for the Sophos Web Appliance here at Sophos Vancouver. Richard is currently raising money to fight colon cancer as part of Movember. If you like Rich's post please consider donating to Rich's Read more…
Anatomy of a Twitter Attack
I was happily snacking away on my lunch break here in Vancouver when suddenly my TweetDeck Twitter client sounded the alert for incoming direct messages. If you are not a Twitter user, direct messages are private messages between Twitter accounts. Read more…
Barack Obama hacked by SQL injection
This story has been updated with content that supersedes much of the original content. Updates are found at the bottom of the story Hackers disclosed this morning that they have been able to compromise BarackObama.com through a SQL injection attack. Read more…
Google, stop sticking your Chrome Frame in my IE!
In September, Google announced they were developing a plugin for Internet Explorer that would provide the ability to render a page with Google Chrome if it contains a tag from the web developer noting their desire for you to use Read more…
Yahoo phish caught in action
Many customers and journalists have been asking if I have any sample phishes that could be representative of the disclosed usernames and passwords this week. A colleague of mine actually received one today and I thought I would share it Read more…
Hotmail password phishing update: "All your credentials are belong to us"
Today brought forth a new wave of details and even more questions related to the disclosure of Hotmail, MSN, and Live! credentials revealed yesterday by Neowin.com. This morning BBC reported on another 20,000 credentials posted on pastebin.com. They also disclosed Read more…
Hotmail passwords heisted by hackers
Neowin.net is reporting that over 10,000 usernames and passwords were publicly disclosed from users of hotmail.com, msn.com, and live.com email services. All of the accounts initially posted begin with the letter a or b, suggesting that this may be the Read more…
Infected? No internet for you! Australian ISPs to police internet?
The Internet Industry Association in Australia has proposed a draft code of conduct to disconnect users from the internet if their computers are infected with malware. I am not very familiar with Australian industry associations, but this seems like a Read more…
Microsoft Vs. Adobe security smack-down
I have heard a lot of rumbling as to whether Adobe is now a worse threat to desktop security than Microsoft. Seeing the huge quantity of patches in 2009 issued by both software giants, I have to say it's not Read more…
Aftertaste - The domain tasting era has quietened to a whisper
On Thursday a report was released by ICANN supplying data that implies the practice of domain tasting has come to an end. The traditional definition of domain tasting is the practice of purchasing a domain for the purpose of hosting Read more…
