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New alliance aims to unify malware fight
News IEEE's Industry Connections Security Group aims to formalize sharing of malware data among security players, but an analyst says its focus may be too narrow.
Tags: Network security, Security Management, Security applications/tools, Malware, Ovum, Security, Sophos Plc., Trend Micro Inc., antivirus, principal analyst
Sophos: Mind your software defaults
News update Vendors and users need to give more thought to software or product configurations, or risk compromising security posture, say security experts.
Tags: Security Management, PC security, Network security, Malware, Security, Sophos Plc., Password, TippingPoint Technologies, Microsoft Office, Adobe PDF
Many still vulnerable to Conficker
News Some 11 percent of users still have not patched security hole that makes PCs vulnerable to Conficker worm, according to blog post from antivirus company Sophos.
Tags: Viruses and worms, Security Management, Microsoft Corp., Exploit, Payload, Worm, Sophos Plc., Graham Cluley, Password, antivirus
VC's automated Twitter feed spreads malware
News Auto-feed tweet distributed by Guy Kawasaki's Twitter account sends people to a link that installs a Trojan.
Tags: Security, Web 2.0, Twitter, Malware, Sophos Plc., Graham Cluley, Video, Account, antivirus company, co-founder
Scammers customize news to deliver you malware
News Latest Waledac scam fakes bomb news in e-mail recipients' hometown and then links to malicious Web site that looks like a Reuters article.
Tags: Viruses and worms, Malware, Security, Scammer, Sophos Plc., security provider, e-mail security, antivirus company, e-mail, Google Search
Rickroll virus attacks iPhones
News The 'ikee' worm replaces the infected device's background picture with an image of Rick Astley.
Tags: Mobile platforms, Viruses and worms, Twitter Inc., security consultant, F-Secure Corp., Sophos Plc., SSH, Graham Cluley, Password, Virus Attack
Twitter users warned about new phishing attack
News Sophos says the new attack features direct messages with link to fake Twitter log-in page. Entering a username and password prompts a fake overcapacity "fail whale."
Tags: Security Management, Spam and phishing, Web 2.0, Phishing, Twitter Inc., Web Page, Web 2.0, Sophos Plc., Graham Cluley, Phishing Web Site
Hacked Web mail accounts used to send spam
News While Websense has seen a rise in spam following the compromise of 30,000 Web mail accounts, security experts are split over how the accounts were breached.
Tags: Spam and phishing, Viruses and worms, Phishing, Security, security consultant, Sophos Plc., Spam, Keylogging, Password, Websense Inc.
New virus infects programs built with Delphi
News Win32.Induc targets systems running Delphi development software and spreads by infecting any program compiled on the machine.
Tags: Data security, Business security, Security Management, Spam and phishing, Viruses and worms, Malware, Sophos Plc., Database, SonicWall, antivirus
Two new Mac attacks surface
News Trojans target Mac OS users, including one hidden in a porn site.
Tags: Viruses and worms, Mac OS, Malware, Security, Sophos Plc., Attack, Graham Cluley, Apple Macintosh, RFC, trojan horse
'Gumblar' Web attacks spreading quickly
News Malicious code known as "Gumblar" or "Troj/JSRedir-R", which infects Web sites, was first detected in March. Defying security experts' expectations, it is growing rapidly instead of dying out.
Tags: Viruses and worms, Adobe Systems Inc., ScanSafe, Security, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Domain, Sophos Plc., Google Inc., Attack, Adobe Acrobat
Conficker also installs fake antivirus software
News In addition to dropping mystery payload on infected machines, it installs software that tries to dupe people into paying nearly US$50 for fake antivirus software.
Tags: Viruses and worms, IBM Corp., Security, Antivirus Software, Worm, Sophos Plc., Trend Micro Inc., Graham Cluley, removable storage, Infection
Job-related spam on the rise
News With the worsening economy, spammers are employing various job and finance-related guises to try to exploit job seekers, according to Symantec.
Tags: Viruses and worms, Data security, Anti Phishing Work Group, Sophos Plc., Spam, Anti-Phishing Working Group, job agency, payment service, Crimeware, e-Mail Message
'Controlled cloud' the way to go for security
News Malware landscape will more and more dictate a cloud component for security software to be effective, but a security model cannot solely rely on a cloud service, says Sophos.
Tags: Network security, Data security, PC security, Security applications/tools, Cloud computing, Malware, Security, Protection, Risk Management, Sophos Plc.
Latest Conficker worm gets nastier
News Conficker.C blocks access to protective services, downloads a Trojan, and is programmed to seek out 50,000 domains on Apr. 1, as the authors of worm try to outsmart security vendors.
Tags: Viruses and worms, PC security, Microsoft Corp., Security, Worm, Domain, Sophos Plc., removable storage, Bitdefender, computer
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