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- gcluley: Has Google said your PC is infected with DNS Changer malware? http://t.co/9muMA7zt45 minutes ago
- SophosSupport: Advisory: Sophos Endpoint v 9.5 and 9.7: automatic upgrade to v 10, reboot required: http://t.co/8KxlQ0Nq52 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 2 hours 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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Software design lessons learnt from a sleeper train
Rich Baldry, a product manager based in our Vancouver offices, found himself with some time to kill on his (prolonged) journey across Europe this weekend, and has jotted down some thoughts regarding good software design. Over to you Rich.. Along Read more…
Anti-virus products compared in proactive test
Yesterday I told you about the latest comparative test of anti-malware products published by the folks at Virus Bulletin. As The Register reports, 20 out of the 60 security products tested by the independent testing body failed to receive the Read more…
VB100 win for Sophos in Virus Bulletin's largest ever comparative review
The April edition of Virus Bulletin has just been published, including the largest ever comparative review in the magazine's 21 year history. A total of 60 anti-virus products running on the Windows XP platform were put to the test, producing Read more…
UK firms face £500,000 fine for losing data
If you run a business in the UK then there's even more reason, from today, to keep a close eye on the records you store about your customers. The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has been granted new powers by the Read more…
April Fool: Sexy romances distract hackers from data theft, Sophos research proves
We published this story on 1 April 2010. Of course, "Protection through Distraction" doesn't really exist. We hope you enjoy the joke (and the video!) as much as we enjoyed putting it together. You may already have read the press Read more…
Sophos bloggers at the RSA Conference
Sophos will be out in force at the RSA Conference in San Francisco next week, giving you the opportunity to see our products in action and meet (amongst others) bloggers Paul Ducklin, Chet Wisniewski and err.. me. Topically enough, considering Read more…
Educate your users about social networking threats with our free toolkit
Sally in the marketing department has put together a really handy package, which will help you educate your users about social networking threats. And the best news of all is that it's completely free! Tell us all about it Sally.. Read more…
Guest blog: Beta test upcoming Sophos products
Camera-phobic guest blogger Kim Charlton, who manages the beta program at Sophos, wants to bribe you into helping us improve our products. Over to you Kim.. It's beta time again and I am once again on the lookout for people Read more…
Vote for your favourite security blogger
Those terribly nice folks at SC Magazine are running a number of online polls on their homepage in the run-up to their awards ceremony at the RSA Conference. The poll for the most popular security blogger caught my eye in Read more…
Sophos wins VB100 award for SUSE Linux protection
The latest edition of Virus Bulletin magazine has tested a slew of Linux anti-virus products. Symantec and McAfee were amongst the security vendors who opted not to participate in the test, leaving some nine products in the running. Just as Read more…
Comparative test of anti-virus products on Windows 7
The latest edition of Virus Bulletin magazine has described its recently published investigation of 43 anti-virus products on the Windows 7 platform their "biggest month of testing ever", producing an exhaustive 27 page report examining the detection abilities of different Read more…
Sophos and bit.ly - making short links safer
Here's some good news if you're one of the millions of people who have come to depend upon shortened urls in your day-to-day life. bit.ly, isn't just the default link shortening service used by Twitter, it's also widely used on Read more…
Crumbs! A great night at the Computer Weekly Blog awards
I've had a good night's sleep, but I'm still feeling rather incredulous about what happened at last night's Computer Weekly awards in London. Winner: IT Security blog of the year - Graham Cluley's blog, Sophos Winner: Twitter user of the Read more…
Crikey! I'm a finalist in the Computer Weekly IT Blog awards
Crumbs! Those awfully nice people at Computer Weekly have been in touch to tell me that I've not only been nominated for two awards, but I've actually made it as a finalist as well! I imagined my @gcluley twitterings and Read more…
Web seminar: Learn about social networking threats
Earlier this year I gave a talk at the RSA Conference in San Francisco all about how cybercriminals are targeting users of social networks like Facebook, Twitter, etc. The talk went down very well, even if I do say so Read more…
Sophos - ready for Windows 7
People around the world are about to get the opportunity to purchase and install Windows 7 (in fact, some members of the public have already received and reviewed it), so you may well be interested in whether you can protect Read more…
What the BNP membership list leak can teach us all
The far-right BNP (British National Party) is no stranger to making headlines in the United Kingdom for their controversial views. BNP leader Nick Griffin is scheduled to appear on the BBC's top political television debate program, "Question Time", tomorrow evening, Read more…
What's the worst use of a mobile phone?
In this guest blog product manager John Stringer describes some new functionality that means Sophos can help you prevent users from slurping sensitive information onto their mobile phones. Over to you John.. What's the most anti-social use of a mobile Read more…
Introducing Sophos Free Encryption
It's not often in life that you get something for nothing, but guest blogger and VP of Sophos Product Management Chris Kraft reckons he's got a tool for Windows users that will keep anyone who wants to keep their personal Read more…
Stay away from the Sophos scammers
Sally in our UK marketing department grabbed me to tell me about a scam that they heard about at the end of last week. Apparently, someone pretending to be representing Sophos has been calling up businesses on the pretext of Read more…
