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10 Steps to Better Secure Your Mac Laptop From Physical Data Theft
White Paper This paper describes 10 steps that can improve the security of a Mac system, paying particular attention to laptop considerations. Home users too must realize that when taking their MacBook out of the... [12 Nov 2009]
Porn site goes on Mac attack
News Sophos on Wednesday discovered a new version of the Mac OS X Tored worm, according to a Sophos blog post. Sophos security researcher Graham Cluley writes: "As we've... [12 Jun 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. Besides, even if the... [03 Dec 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. It is essential that we not only protect Mac users... [21 Jul 2008]
Macs no longer safe from cyberattacks
News While Mac penetration remain relatively low in the enterprise, the increasing popularity of OS X in the consumer market has resulted in criminal gangs starting to pay attention to the Apple collective, according to... [23 Jan 2008]
Macs not safe from viruses, says Sophos founder
News The co-founder of antivirus company Sophos said the Mac is not a virus-free platform. Speaking in an interview with silicon.com sister site ZDNet Australia, Dr Jan Hruska, who co-founded... [08 Jun 2007]
Mac virus is damp squib, says Symantec
News Paul Ducklin, head of technology for Sophos Asia Pacific, said the virus was "not important or significant" but he was concerned the author had distributed the source code, which could "not only explain how you might... [06 Nov 2006]
Leader: Are Macs really more secure?
Leader So while Sophos this week has been saying 'go Mac', certainly Symantec, another larger player in the industry which would normally not pass up a chance to slam Microsoft, admits the disparity is largely... [06 Jul 2006]
Minority Report: Mac OS X virus scares
Comment Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant for Sophos, claims Leap.A represents the first "real virus" for the Mac OS X platform. In a Minority Report column on OS X security published in June 2005,... [03 Mar 2006]
Apple users hit by world's first Mac OS X virus
News Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant for Sophos, called this the first "real virus" for the Mac OS X platform. The virus, called Leap.A, was discovered by UK antivirus company... [16 Feb 2006]
Beware of the cyber crime boom
News Security firm Sophos has seen a dramatic rise in the number of viruses, worms and Trojan horses this year as more organised criminals turn to cyber crime. According to Sophos, their increased popularity... [05 Jul 2005]
Apple denies worm
News Antivirus company Sophos said: "Renepo is a worm, and since a worm is just a special type of virus - one which neither requires nor uses an existing host file as a carrier - it is a virus. I know there has been a lot of... [02 Nov 2004]
Mac virus alert - users' details at risk
News Paul Ducklin, Sophos’ head of technology in the Asia Pacific, said the virus, which Sophos calls Renepo, is designed to infect any Mac OS X drives connected to the infected system and it... [25 Oct 2004]
The Weekly Round-Up: 27.02.04
Round-Up Sophos consultant and anti-virus expert Graham Cluley is good for two things: One can imagine bedrooms full of candles, film-wrapped boxes of Sophos anti-virus products and soft, seductive words... [27 Feb 2004]
