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- SophosSupport: New Sophos Complete Security Suites: endpoint, data, email, web, mobile & groupware protection—on one license: http://t.co/13FVvp42about 2 hours ago
- SophosSupport: Scheduled Downtime. SophosTalk may be down for up to 2 hours today May 16, 2012 between 12:01am & 4:00am PDT (GMT -7:00) for scheduled work.about 2 hours ago
- gcluley: RT @NakedSecurity: Global Payments breach continues to bewilder, accusations abound http://t.co/AI64bgeeabout 3 hours ago
- duckblog: Congrats to #sophospuzzle winners at #auscert - David Zielezna and Phil Kernick - one prize still open to all online.about 5 hours ago
- duckblog: #sophospuzzle Stage 2 hint/discovery: if using simulation, even C's rand() with just 100,000 sample hands is about good enoughabout 11 hours ago
Microsoft
What the RTF? Mac and Windows users at risk from boobytrapped documents
Think that Patch Tuesday is irrelevant to if you don't run Windows?
Think again. Mac users advised to update their installations of Microsoft Office.
Patch now! Adobe and Microsoft push out critical security fixes
Multiple vulnerabilities in Adobe and Microsoft products revealed - make sure that your computers are properly patched.
Skype knew about IP address security flaw since November 2010
Skype learned about a security hole that reveals users' IP addresses about 18 months ago, according to the security researchers who discovered the vulnerability.
Microsoft rushes out fix after hackers reset passwords to hack Hotmail accounts
Microsoft says it has fixed a serious vulnerability in Hotmail, that was allowing hackers to reset account passwords, locking out the account's real owner and giving attackers access to users' inboxes.
Patch Tuesday April 2012 - Critical updates for Windows, Office and Adobe Reader
Microsoft released six patches for eleven vulnerabilities today for Windows, Office, SQL and other products. Adobe also updated their Reader app to fix four vulnerabilities that can be exploited by malicious PDF files.
Are Macs safer than PCs?
Apple has traditionally marketed its systems as being more secure than those running Microsoft Windows, but just how true is that?
Microsoft and US Marshals bring down Zeus botnet servers [VIDEO]
Microsoft, working with others in the financial services and computer security industry, has disrupted a number of botnets being used by the Zeus malware family, allegedly responsible for nearly half a billion dollars in damages.
Proof-of-concept RDP vulnerability code discovered. Patch Windows now
SophosLabs has seen proof-of-concept code on Chinese websites which attempts to exploit the recently announced Microsoft RDP vulnerability.
Patch your copies of Windows now.
Microsoft: Critical worm hole could be exploited within 30 days
Listen up, this one is serious.
There is a critical vulnerability in many versions of Windows, which could be exploited to spread a worm automatically between vulnerable computers.
SSCC 83 - Patch Tuesday, Apple app privacy and RSA
This week's Chet Chat finds Paul Ducklin and Chester Wisniewski discussing the vulnerabilities patched this Tuesday in Microsoft, Adobe and Oracle products, mobile phone application privacy issues and upcoming events RSA and Anatomy of an Attack in Portland, OR and Wellington, NZ.
Patch Tuesday Valentine's 2012
Microsoft released nine patches today, several designed to repair critical flaws. Don't get too distracted by the lack of chocolates and flowers, get patching!
Why is a 14-month-old patched Microsoft vulnerability still being exploited?
While the media just looove zero-day exploits, the security industry sees a lot more exploits designed to take advantage of patched vulnerabilities. Question is why don't many of us get around to installing the patches?
DMARC: Microsoft, Facebook and Google unite to fight phishing - but will it work?
If the newswires are to be believed, the death of spam is imminent. Again!
The saviour this time round is DMARC, which is backed by Microsoft, Google, Facebook, PayPal, LinkedIn, Bank Of America and more. Find out what it's all about.
Accused Kelihos malware mastermind protests his innocence
A Russian man who has been accused by Microsoft of being the mastermind behind the Kelihos botnet has used his LiveJournal blog to protest his innocence.
Microsoft's Kelihos botnet suspect used to work for computer security firm
Microsoft has alleged that a computer security firm's ex-employee is the mastermind behind the Kelihos botnet.
SSCC 78 - IE 9 upgrades, Android malware, Carrier IQ and hospital shut down from malware
Gary Korhonen joins Chet for this week's podcast discussing the automatic upgrade of Internet Explorer, Android Market malware, Carrier IQ and an infection that shut down a hospital in Georgia.
Internet Explorer to upgrade automatically, unless you say no
Microsoft is beginning to automatically upgrade users to Internet Explorer 9 as part of their effort to eradicate versions of their old and vulnerable browsers.
Windows Phone 7.5 susceptible to SMS hack
A researcher has discovered a flaw in Windows Phone 7.5 "Mango" that can crash the message center by simply receiving a malformed SMS, Tweet or Facebook message.
Patch Tuesday analysis for December 2011
As always on the second Tuesday of the month Microsoft and Adobe release their monthly security bulletins. This month Microsoft has released 13 bulletins, although they had originally announced there would be 14 this month. In the final stages of Read more…
Microsoft offers free Windows phones to Android malware victims
Free Windows phones are being offered by Microsoft to users who describe their Android malware problems.
