Sophos warned
RSS Sophos warnedHackers 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]
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 explained in a blog post on Thursday that visitors to the malicious porn... [12 Jun 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]
Spammers switching on to YouTube?
News Earlier this month, Sophos reported that spammers were exploiting YouTube's "invite your friends" function to send email spam containing a variant of the Storm Worm. Email security company MessageLabs has... [30 Oct 2007]
China hosting half of world's malicious sites
News Sophos also warned against a sharp rise in spam pointing people to these infected sites. According to a report released by antivirus company Sophos, China - including Hong Kong - hosted... [04 Sep 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 24.08.07
Round-Up According to a survey by security firm Sophos, around 43 per cent of workers polled report their employer blocks access to the social networking site completely. Sophos' Graham Cluley said: "I think it's... [24 Aug 2007]
Malware alert: Google warns of 'dirty' websites
News Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at Sophos, told silicon.com Google is right to highlight what he said is a worsening trend and "a considerable problem" for businesses and end users. Google has... [14 May 2007]
More phishing attacks than infected emails
News Security vendor Sophos confirmed it also saw more phishing than malware activity in January. Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at Sophos, said: "More email at the moment does appear to be... [31 Jan 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]
Spammers cashing in on pump-and-dump stock scams
News Information-security experts from antivirus company Sophos said they had also seen evidence that stock prices rise significantly as a result of scams, and said a pump-and-dump campaign happened this week. [03 Jul 2006]
Online casino punters targeted by malware scams
News Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at Sophos, said the level of malware related to online gambling is very low but he told silicon.com: "In the future, if online gambling continues to increase in popularity and... [17 May 2006]
US hacker gets five years in the slammer
News Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant for Sophos, warned that Ancheta represents only the tip of the iceberg. A US man has been sentenced to nearly five years in prison after he was found guilty of... [09 May 2006]
Mobile porn at risk of DoS attacks, says Gartner
News Speaking at the Virus Bulletin conference in Dublin, Graham Cluley of Sophos questioned whether malicious hackers would be able to target mobile phones in the same network cell. But in Take Precautions Before Offering... [25 Oct 2005]
Sophos: 'Don't rely on antivirus software'
News Security vendor Sophos has warned companies not to rely on antivirus software to protect their IT infrastructure and systems. Speaking at the Information Systems Security Association conference in London... [09 Sep 2005]
Microsoft told to take some virus blame
News Thirty-five per cent of respondents to an informal web survey of customers by security company Sophos said the software maker was ultimately at fault for the recent rash of worms spawned by variants of Zotob. [19 Aug 2005]
