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RSS SophosY2K viruses: running wild - or wildly exaggerated?
Comment Graham Cluely, senior technical consultant at Sophos, said the hype isn't just unnecessary - it's dangerous. Sophos issued a notice on the first day employees returned to work declaring the... [05 Jan 2000]
Companies stay vigilant for post-Y2K virus threat
News Graham Cluely, senior technical consultant, at virus vendor Sophos, called the Christmas and millennium period "very quiet" and added the company had seen no more infections than usual. Businesses are being warned to... [04 Jan 2000]
Y2K special: Security companies make New Year anti-virus resolutions
News But according to Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at virus vendor, Sophos, vendors are guilty of exaggerating the problem: "The prediction from the head researcher at Symantec was that there may be 200,000 new... [22 Dec 1999]
In case of millennium bug, click here: Security
News According to Sophos, 1 January is just another day in virus-land, so unsurprisingly it has no special millennium site. But all the usual updates and information can be gained from http://www.sophos.com... [22 Dec 1999]
Dell production line crippled by virus attack
News Graham Cluley, senior technical consultant for Sophos Anti-Virus said that the case underlined the damage that viruses could do, without being directly destructive to files. Dell Computer has admitted it was forced to... [18 Nov 1999]
Sophos software launched in D-Fence of mobile workforce
News Security specialist Sophos has launched data protection software aimed at remote workers running on Windows NT. Paul Ducklin, head of research at Sophos, claims the rise of teleworking is bringing with... [22 Oct 1999]
Security experts warn of massive hack attack
News Graham Cluely, senior technical consultant at Sophos Anti-Virus, played down the threat. Covert monitoring software on sale commercially in the US could give hackers an easy route to stealing user information and... [28 Sep 1999]
Bugwatchers expose Microsoft security hole
News But Graham Cluley, senior technical consultant for Sophos Anti-Virus, said users should not be too concerned by the security problem, saying that it poses "more of a theoretical rather than a real threat". [03 Aug 1999]
Security vendors heap scorn on hackers
News These attacks take half a year to build but 10 minutes for us to crack," said Jan Hruska, technical director at security specialists, Sophos. Security software vendors were this morning ridiculing the hacker group that... [13 Jul 1999]
Sophos calls for security rethink
News Anti-virus specialist, Sophos today urged firms to go 'back to basics' and rethink their IT security, after many corporates struggled to ward off the latest spate of viruses. Sophos claims it was... [25 Jun 1999]
FBI tracks author of the Worm
News The Melissa scare helped security managers prepare for the next virus and made handling it easier and quicker," said Paul Ducklin, head of research at Sophos, a security systems developer. The FBI is trying to track down... [15 Jun 1999]
Worm virus ravages corporate networks
News Jan Hruska, technical director at Sophos security specialists, confirmed that the Worm virus has been reported across Germany, the Czech Republic and the US. Those worried should visit the usual sites to update security... [11 Jun 1999]
Virus timed to detonate on 26 April
News Anti-virus company, Sophos also believes the long running variant is one of the most deadly to have hit the computing industry. Sophos said in a written statement: "It detonates its warhead. IT managers... [11 Mar 1999]
Sophos warns of Windows bug
News Sophos, the anti-virus software producer, has issued a virus warning to Windows 95 and Windows 98 users. The virus attacks the Bios program that manages dataflow from the microprocessor. It overwrites the start-up... [03 Jul 1998]
In brief: Strangedays bug attacks day 26
News Data security specialist Sophos has identified the latest in a series of viruses that jump between Microsoft Office applications. Sophos said: "the StrangeDays code contains bugs and does not work... [26 Jun 1998]
