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RSS Sophos in newsHackers 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. Researchers said on Tuesday they are seeing something unusual in the malware world - a virus that targets a development environment. The virus, dubbed Win32.Induc, was... [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 and runs a Windows... [14 Jul 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]
Teen Twitter worm writer lands job in IT
News The latest worm exploits a cross-site scripting vulnerability and posts messages from infected accounts that reference celebrities and references to Mooney getting hired by ExqSoft, according to a blog post by Graham Cluley, a senior... [20 Apr 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 information about a bomb... [17 Mar 2009]
Satyam scandal, police search row and Apple without Jobs
News Security vendors Kaspersky Labs and Sophos responded to the news by saying they'd block attempts by the police to hack into computer systems without a warrant. One of January's big stories was Apple CEO Steve Jobs'... [02 Feb 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 when it's released... [30 Jan 2009]
'We'll block police home PC hacks': Security vendors
News However, security vendors Kaspersky Labs and Sophos told silicon.com sister site ZDNet UK they would not make any concession in their protective software for the police hack. Sophos would also block any... [09 Jan 2009]
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. Code-named Morro, the new offering will be available in the second half... [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]
Tech leaders honoured at glittering CNET Awards
News The Technology PR Campaign of the Year was scooped by Johnson King for its campaign for security company Sophos, 'The Facebook Probe - who's controlling the corporate network? Business leaders at the forefront of the UK... [24 Sep 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 report... [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. The company said the latest version of its Virus Barrier X5 10.5.3 antivirus package... [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. The UK's third-largest bank said this week that it has... [18 Jul 2008]
