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RSS Sophos antivirusHackers target fake ads to steal IDs
News Graham Cluley, a Sophos security researcher, said: "I think there is a problem with ad networks, in general. The malware can include Trojans, back doors, and keystroke loggers and can be used by the scammers to... [16 Sep 2009]
Developers: Are you spreading malware when you code?
News Sophos has more details on its SophosLabs blog. The virus, dubbed Win32.Induc, was written to infect applications built with Delphi, according to Nick Bilogorskiy, manager of antivirus researcher at... [19 Aug 2009]
Critical ActiveX Office hole under attack, warns Microsoft
News Antivirus vendor Sophos, meanwhile, said in a blog posting on its site that it had received reports of several websites, mostly in China, serving the exploit as part of a web exploit kit that downloads... [14 Jul 2009]
Fake bomb-scare scam explodes on email accounts
News But the web page and the news are fake, according to email security provider Marshal and antivirus firm Sophos. Security experts warned on Monday of a new insidious email scam that features false... [17 Mar 2009]
Windows 7 means testing times for antivirus firms
News According to David Rowles, director of product development at antivirus company Sophos, security vendors get involved with the development of an OS fairly early on to make sure their products are ready... [30 Jan 2009]
Minority Report: Macs threatened by virus terror?
Comment As Sophos product manager Phil Wood commented in a 2005 edition of this column: "A bit of vigilance is required - Mac users don't live in an unassailable tower. Is Apple pushing antivirus software?... [03 Dec 2008]
Microsoft ditches OneCare for free antivirus
News Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at Sophos, said the news doesn't impact his security firm because it focuses on the enterprise market. Microsoft on Tuesday said it is changing its strategy for offering PC... [19 Nov 2008]
World Bank hit by cyber intrusion epidemic?
News But Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at Sophos, told silicon.com sister site CNET News that doesn't mean the attackers are in China - only that they are using compromised machines located in that country. [13 Oct 2008]
Malware-infected site detected every five seconds
News Antivirus firm Sophos found that more than 90 per cent of the web pages capable of spreading Trojan horses and spyware are legitimate websites. According to the Sophos security threat... [23 Jul 2008]
First iPhone 2.0 antivirus software released
News But Sophos' Asia Pacific head of technology, Paul Ducklin told ZDNet.com.au that Intego's product was not really scanning the iPhone. Paris-based computer security firm Intego said late last week it had released the... [21 Jul 2008]
Has Barclays stamped out fraud with PINsentry?
News The devices are still vulnerable to sophisticated man-in-the-middle attacks, said Sophos senior technology consultant Graham Cluley at the time of the rollout. A is for Antivirus The UK's third-largest... [18 Jul 2008]
The 'multi-component' malware threat
News According to Paul Ducklin, head of technology for the Asia-Pacific region at Sophos, the web has aided the rise of multi-component threats. A is for Antivirus In other words, the next security threat... [02 Jul 2008]
Corporations riddled with security holes
News Further Plc failings were highlighted by IT security firm Sophos that found that 81 per cent of 580 corporate PCs tested worldwide were missing patches and software updates and had disabled firewalls. [19 Jun 2008]
Security threat: One web page infected every five seconds
News Web threats have risen significantly in the first quarter of 2008, with one web page being infected every five seconds, according to a report from security vendor Sophos. Released Wednesday, Sophos said... [24 Apr 2008]
Who's been reading your emails?
News A recent poll by security company Sophos supports this: it found 70 per cent of the 200 companies surveyed are concerned about data leakage via emails. A is for Antivirus A number of different people in... [30 Nov 2007]
