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Security solutions provider Sophos has updated Sophos Mobile Security for Android to include spam filtering capabilities for calls and text messages.
In many countries, spam is illegal. However, that hasn’t stopped fraudsters and cybercriminals from initiating unsolicited or malicious communications via text m... |
24 April 2013
08:37 GMT |
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Security companies are following Microsoft’s lead and are now urging Windows XP users to dump the 11-year-old operating system and to move to a newer and more secure platform.
Security vendor Sophos said in a blog post that hackers might try to exploit unpatched systems after Microsoft officially retires Windo... |
8 April 2013
21:31 GMT |
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Security solutions provider Sophos has addressed several vulnerabilities identified by SEC Consult Vulnerability Lab experts in Sophos Web Appliance. The updated version, 3.7.8.2, was made available to all customers on April 1. According to the advisory published by SEC Consult, the company has identified three vuln... |
5 April 2013
14:21 GMT |
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Ransomware has become a major problem for Internet users and a very profitable business for cybercriminals. Law enforcement authorities are struggling to contain the criminal phenomenon, but the task is not easy considering that, in many cases, the criminals are difficult to identify and locate. In the meantime, it&... |
27 February 2013
07:38 GMT |
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A newly emerged bug in Apple’s Mountain Lion operating system causes most applications to crash if you type File, colon, followed by three slashes. Sophos explains why the crash occurs and how to patch it until Apple releases its official fix.
This article can’t include the actual string of characters (p... |
6 February 2013
11:41 GMT |
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Security company Sophos has rolled out a new version of its Anti-Virus program for Mac users with updated threat detection and threat data engines, and different installers for different OS X versions.Sophos Anti-Virus 8.0.10 OS X now comes with one installer that goes with OS X versions 10.4 (Tiger) to 10.7 (Lion), ... |
14 January 2013
19:41 GMT |
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A hacker has found a way to bypass a Windows RT restriction in order to run unsigned apps, and even though all those using Microsoft’s tablet OS have applauded his efforts, security company Sophos says it’s all a very risky thing.
The vendor explained in a blog post that jailbreaking Windows RT has the s... |
8 January 2013
18:11 GMT |
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Microsoft is currently working on a fix to patch an Internet Explorer vulnerability that allows attackers to track mouse movements but, in the meantime, it’s better to use another browser, security company Sophos said.
According to Spider.io, the company that actually discovered the flaw, the security loophole... |
14 December 2012
18:01 GMT |
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In its latest Security Threat Report, Sophos makes some interesting predictions for 2013. According to one of them, the latest exploit mitigation technologies will make it more difficult for cybercriminals to leverage software vulnerabilities in their attacks.
Over the past year, we’ve learned about numerous ... |
7 December 2012
18:31 GMT |
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Sophos has just released its Security Threat Report 2013. The study focuses on topics such as Mac malware, targeted attacks, polymorphic attacks, ransomware, Android threats, Java attacks, and the BlackHole exploit kit.
An interesting part of the report is the one which details the 10 riskiest and the 10 safest coun... |
4 December 2012
11:16 GMT |
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Sophos is signaling the emergence of a new email scam that purports to be an Apple invoice. The so-called electronic bill contains quite a few telltale signs of it being malware, but Sophos is keen to let everyone know it must be avoided.
Chester Wisniewski, senior security advisor at Sophos Canada, reportedly recei... |
23 November 2012
13:41 GMT |
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Small companies that want to benefit from comprehensive security solutions can now use the Sophos UTM 100 with BasicGuard – a new unified threat management appliance and software package.
According to recent studies, small firms rely on pretty much the same IT as larger organizations. This means that they also... |
12 November 2012
15:31 GMT |
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Security solutions provider Sophos has addressed a number of vulnerabilities in its antivirus product. The issues were identified by security researcher Tavis Ormandy who contacted the company after examining the application.
One of the issues discovered by Ormandy was a remote code execution vulnerability that aff... |
6 November 2012
08:12 GMT |
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In October, security firm Sophos published the results of a study that focused on the absence of security mechanisms on mobile devices such as phones, tablets and laptops. Now, the company has released a clever infographic to sum up their findings.
20% of the lost devices contained sensitive details stored on them. ... |
6 November 2012
07:03 GMT |
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Sophos Labs has announced another interesting puzzle for those who enjoy putting their minds to work. This time, #sophospuzzle participants will have to convert a text into an URL.
The text that must be converted is this: 44516 54221 43313 slash SHAKE DON'T STIR
If you can’t figure it out right from the ... |
2 November 2012
08:54 GMT |
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Sophos has released another one of its “dirty dozen” reports to detail the origins of spam for the period between July and September 2012. As it turns out, India is responsible for 16.1% of the world’s spam, followed by Italy (9.4%), USA (6.5%), Saudi Arabia (5.1%), Brazil (4%), Turkey (3.8%), Fra... |
16 October 2012
06:36 GMT |
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On September 19, security firm Sophos released a buggy update which triggered a large number of false positives and even caused the deletion of some of the application’s own components. In a statement released last week, the company detailed the causes of the incident, but also the steps taken to prevent this f... |
8 October 2012
09:29 GMT |
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Sophos has released a new version of its Mobile Security software that’s designed to protect Android devices. We advise Android users to give this free app a try, especially now that it has been improved with some great features.
The updated variant comes with a number of additional features compared to the o... |
27 September 2012
10:20 GMT |
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A number of Internet users have reported landing on shady-looking websites when searching for “Sophos Technical Support” on Google. The security firm and Google are currently investigating the incidents.
Some of the fake Sophos websites offer contact information. When users call up the listed numbers, th... |
25 September 2012
09:14 GMT |
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A buggy update caused Sophos antivirus products to appoint harmless files as being malicious. The company rushed to instruct customers how to address the issue and released a new update to fix the problem.
On September 19, many Sophos customers started reporting that their faithful antivirus kept popping up warnings... |
20 September 2012
09:22 GMT |
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Security software vendor Sophos has issued a call to all Mac users, urging them to install virus protection programs, as financially-motivated cybercriminals are now seeing Macs as hot, profitable targets. Graham Clueley, a senior technology consultant with the renowned security firm, recalls the Flashback botnet si... |
8 August 2012
10:36 GMT |
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Sophos has released Threatsaurus 2012, a book that details everything security-related. It covers online threats and provides great advice on how to stay safe at home and at work.
If you’re an information security enthusiast and if you offer tech support for family and friends on a regular basis, you’re ... |
3 August 2012
05:02 GMT |
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Security software firm Sophos is accusing Apple of neglecting Safari users running OS X Snow Leopard and Windows, pointing out to over a hundred unpatched vulnerabilities in the company’s web browser.
With the release of OS X Mountain Lion this month, Apple rolled out the latest version of its standard web bro... |
1 August 2012
04:36 GMT |
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Shocking discovery from security vendor Sophos today - according to the company headquartered in Boston, US and Oxford, UK., one in five Macintosh computers carries malware. A press release issued by the security company today cites new research that has churned up a disturbingly high level of malware on Mac compute... |
24 April 2012
13:11 GMT |
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SophosLabs released the quarter 1 report for 2012 that names the first twelve spam sources in the world. The list is topped by India, the country overtaking the United States, which has been the number one source of spam until now.
The efforts Internet Service Providers have put into the fight against spam have paid... |
23 April 2012
09:25 GMT |
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The world renowned security firm Sophos has revealed that its Partner Portal has been temporarily taken offline after a couple of “unauthorized programs” were found on the server. It’s believed that the malicious elements were designed to allow hackers to gain remote access to information.
The secu... |
6 April 2012
02:55 GMT |
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World-renowned security firm Sophos revealed that it is about to acquire DIALOGS, a German company that specializes in providing mobile management solutions.
DIALOGS has been doing business with companies such as BMW, Daimler and Siemens, the company’s purchase being a great way for Sophos to reinforce its pos... |
3 April 2012
10:50 GMT |
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After yesterday he proved that he gained unauthorized access to websites that belong to the United Nations, Skype and Oracle, today D35m0nd142 showed that even the best in the business can have vulnerable sites. The grey hat identified an SQL Injection vulnerability in the official Sophos site and provided a screensh... |
1 March 2012
10:29 GMT |
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“Don't be duped into believing there's an easy way to get one for free,” warns Graham Cluley, security consultant at Sophos. “The iPad 3 doesn't exist yet.” Writing over at the Naked Security Blog that he regularly maintains with updates for the Apple fan base, Graham Cluley is... |
29 February 2012
09:48 GMT |
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Sophos’ Senior Technology Consultant, Graham Cluley, has discovered a new phishing scam that has the potential to trick Apple fans into signing up for a mobile phone subscription service that charges them £4.50 (around 7 bucks) every week.
According to Cluley, scammers are hoping to catch you off guard w... |
9 January 2012
13:01 GMT |
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With the purpose of making an experiment, Sophos researchers obtained a number of 50 USB sticks lost by their former owners on the trains owned by Australian Rail Corporation New South Wales (RailCorp). Researchers analyzed the data and the pieces of malware found on them just to see how many contained infections and... |
7 December 2011
09:36 GMT |
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Sophos, the world renowned security services provider, released the latest variant of their endpoint security solution to incorporate some innovative technologies and new mechanisms to help companies in the fight against online threats.
An interesting component integrated in the latest product is the Sophos Patch As... |
6 December 2011
09:15 GMT |
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Sophos’ Graham Cluley is sounding the alarm on a new phishing scam targeting Apple ID holders. The emails, purporting to be from Apple’s support team, can be blocked as spam by the security vendor’s anti-malware products.Senior Technology Consultant at Sophos, Graham Cluley points your attention to ... |
1 December 2011
14:31 GMT |
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Lisa Vaas, writing for the Sophos Naked Security blog, is sounding the alarm over an iTunes malware scam that poses as a $50 iTunes gift certificate.“Criminals are banking on post-Thanksgiving turkey-eating coma and Black Friday shopping frenzy in the US to trick American internet users to click to through to m... |
24 November 2011
03:59 GMT |
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Sophos is sounding the alarm on OSX/Tsunami-A, a newly emerged backdoor Trojan horse for Mac OS X. The company’s senior technology consultant says it’s a dangerous one!The news comes high on the heels of another Trojan targeting Macs - Flashback, whose multiple variants masquerade as a Flash player instal... |
26 October 2011
07:34 GMT |
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Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at Sophos is signaling that Siri, the personal assistant in iOS 5, has been implemented with default settings that leaves phones vulnerable.Mr. Cluley, with whom I’ve had the pleasure to discuss Mac security issues on several occasions, reveals in a new blog entry tha... |
20 October 2011
09:37 GMT |
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Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at Sophos, is sounding the alarm over a piece of malware that comes by way of a fake iPhone 5 email. Luckily for Mac users, the virus only targets unwary Windows PC owners.Coming off a bit of ironic - as the Apple-centric email leads to Windows PC malware - the scam is almo... |
4 October 2011
07:27 GMT |
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The built-in security solution of Windows 8, Windows Defender, managed to detect only half of the malicious code samples thrown at it in a very basic test by Chester Wisniewski, a senior security advisor at Sophos Canada. Wisniewski revealed that he installed the Windows Developer Preview in a virtual machine and te... |
30 September 2011
11:05 GMT |
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Apple has updated the Xprotect malware definitions for Mac OS X to flag a recently discovered Trojan, but Graham Cluley of Sophos advises Mac users to stay on the safe side and install antivirus software.Following the recent discovery of a new piece of malware targeting Macs, Graham Cluley, senior technology consulta... |
27 September 2011
07:51 GMT |
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A reputed security researcher has published the results of his analysis of Sophos' anti-malware solution and concluded that the product is substandard.In his report [pdf] entitled "Sophail: A Critical Analysis of Sophos Antivirus," Google security engineer Tavis Ormandy describes the multiple shortcomings he dis... |
6 August 2011
06:36 GMT |
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JailbreakMe, Comex’s iOS hack that exploits a PDF vulnerability to run unauthorized code on iPhones and iPads, could pose serious security threats, according to Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at Sophos. However, the hole can be easily closed by users with a quick visit to the right place on Cydia.A... |
7 July 2011
04:04 GMT |
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Sophos customers experienced bogus malware warnings for content served from google-analytics.com yesterday, as a result of a bad definition issued by the security vendor.The company managed to rectify the issue within one hour since the false alarms started popping up, however, it might have taken more time until the... |
11 June 2011
02:08 GMT |
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With a new Mac Defender variant emerging hours after Apple’s Security Update 2011-003, we asked security software vendor Sophos “is it safe to say Cupertino is now engaging in its first ever cat and mouse game with cyber criminals?” “I think it's fair to say that Apple has never found it... |
2 June 2011
13:01 GMT |
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Trend Micro researchers are backing up anti-malware experts from Sophos in claiming that Microsoft's recently published SmartScreen numbers are of little relevance and might actually lead to a false sense of security.Starting with Internet Explorer 9 Microsoft has added an application reputation component to the... |
26 May 2011
07:22 GMT |
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Sophos has introduced Sophos Mobile Control, an extension to its data protection and endpoint security product lines, addressing a major pain point for businesses by safeguarding data on devices like iPhone and iPad, the security firm said.
According to the IT security and data protection company, a steady surge i... |
9 February 2011
10:10 GMT |
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In its latest annual security threat report UK antivirus vendor Sophos warns that social networking threats have been on an upward trend since the beginning of 2009.Being the world's largest social networking site, with over 600 million users as of January 2011, Facebook is one of the primary targets for cybercr... |
19 January 2011
06:34 GMT |
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For the past several years, security experts from Sophos have actively kept users informed about the latest malware threats and attacks on the Internet. However, consumers might not be familiar with the company's products, because the UK-based security vendor only caters to businesses and organizations.We recent... |
24 December 2010
12:01 GMT |
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An exclusive interview scored by Softpedia with Sophos’ senior technology consultant, Graham Cluley, reveals an expert’s opinion on the threat level faced by Mac users today.“Clearly Mac users need to protect against malware, but many of them are currently not running any anti-virus,” Cluley t... |
8 November 2010
05:55 GMT |
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UK-based security vendor Sophos has launched a full-featured free anti-malware solution for the Mac operating system, tailored to the needs of home consumers.The new Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac Home Edition leverages the company's business-grade threat intelligence to protect Mac computers from all types of threat... |
2 November 2010
08:24 GMT |
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