Sophos Plc.
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Sophos: One Web page infected every five seconds
News Average of 15,000 Web pages were compromised daily in the first quarter of 2008, compared to 6,000 for entire 2007, says security firm.
Tags: PC security, Data security, Network security, Security Management, Malware, Security, Web Page, Sophos Plc., Hong Kong, Russia
Spam races to the Olympics
News Expect more incidents of online scams and fraud connected to next month's Beijing 2008, as well as spam targeted at mobile devices, Symantec says.
Tags: Spam, Spam and phishing, Security, Mobile, Sophos Plc., Bitdefender, Stock, Japan, e-mail, Symantec Corp.
Malware chooses blogs over e-mail
News With the Web as the most popular means of malware infection, more malicious content is finding itself on social networking sites and blogs, says Sophos.
Tags: Security implementation/standards, Security, Network security, Malware, Sophos Plc., IT Security, Database, sensitive information, social networking, e-mail
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., Account, Graham Cluley, Video, 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
Storm worm resurfaces, tries love angle again
News The malware is being spammed out in e-mail messages that try to trick users by playing on their curiosity about a possible love interest, experts have warned.
Tags: Viruses and worms, Malware, Security, Worm, Sophos Plc., IP, Europe, Symantec Corp., security company, researcher
Sony PlayStation site victim of SQL-injection attack
News Automated attack claims another high-profile target, offering sale of a fake antivirus scanner.
Tags: Hacking, Security, Web sites, Google Inc., Scanner, Domain, Sophos Plc., Sony Playstation, Attack, antivirus
Sophos to offer US$340M takeover bid for German rival
News The U.S. provider of Internet security software says it will offer a premium for the shares of Utimaco Safeware AG, a German software specialist in the field of data loss and encryption.
Tags: Security, Data security, Privacy, Legal, Corporate law, Mergers, Acquisitions, Utimaco Safeware AG, Sophos Plc., Stock
Trojan masquerades as iPhone game
News Beware the e-mail attachment offering free iPhone game "Penguin Panic", Sophos says. It is really a Trojan that can take control of your Windows PC.
Tags: Viruses and worms, Microsoft Windows, Security, Mobile, Sophos Plc., Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS, trojan horse, Apple iPhone, blog
Facebook's 'court jester' Trojan is no joke
News A recent Trojan on the social networking site has surfaced, which downloads malicious code into users' systems and displays an innocent "court jester" picture.
Tags: Viruses and worms, Antivirus software, Web 2.0, Malware, Security, Sophos Plc., IT Security, social networking, software, Facebook
Obama-themed malware on the rise
News Within hours of settling the U.S. presidential election, spam using Barack Obama's name and image is used to entice people to download various Trojans.
Tags: Security, Viruses and worms, Malware, Sophos Plc., Spam, Adobe Flash Player, Video, Websense Inc., Computer, Sunbelt Software
British site focusing on online scams targeted in DDoS attack
News Attackers launch distributed denial-of-service attack against Bobbear site, which offers consumers information about how to protect themselves against online scams.
Tags: Security, Web sites, Sophos Plc., Online Payment, Online Scam, Graham Cluley, Pacific, distributed denial of service, e-Mail Message, Bobbear
China u-turns on malware contribution
News From hosting about half of world's malware-infected Web sites in 2007, the country now accounts for 27.7 percent, reports security vendor Sophos.
Tags: Network security, Data security, PC security, Fortinet Inc., Malware, India, Sophos Plc., Japan, China, Adobe PDF
Security vendors: We would block police hacking
News Kaspersky and Sophos say that for security reasons they would block any software used in police attempts to break into customers' systems without a warrant.
Tags: Hacking, Politics, Police, Kaspersky Lab, Malware, Security, Sophos Plc., Graham Cluley, Computer, software
Security vendors to block Aust police hacks
News Major security vendors yesterday said their products would block legalized hacking attempts by Australian Police as they would any other security threat to users.
Tags: Security, PC security, Hacking, Kaspersky Lab, Malware, Sophos Plc., Spokesperson, security industry, NSW Government, software
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