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| STORIES ABOUT: Sophos |
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| Sony PS3 Site Falls Victim to Hacker Attack |  | All gamers must be warned that trying to access the US Sony PlayStation web page poses a security threat. According to Sophos (company that specializes in offering anti-spam and antivirus software solutions) an SQL injection vulnerability was exploited by hackers in order to put their malicious code on the web page. Sites for popular Sony games "God of War" and "SingStar Pop" have been infected.
This is w ... [read more >>] | | 02 July 2008, 10:23GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Amazon EC2 Spreads Malware |  | Over the last couple of days, Sophos has detected a normal amount of spam messaging traffic. The spam messages informed you that you needed an "Important Windows Update", which is one of the oldest and best known tricks in the book, but in fact linked you to a malware spreading site. The intriguing thing is that the spam was not coming from a well known botnet, but from Amazon EC2 (short for Amazon Elastic Compute Clou ... [read more >>] | | 01 July 2008, 11:44GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Security Experts Urge Users to Apply the Latest Windows Patches |  | The latest "Patch Tuesday" brought us lots of patches supposed to fix security vulnerabilities discovered in Microsoft's products, including here Microsoft Office for Windows and for Mac, Windows, OneCare, Antigen and Windows Defender. Microsoft said that four of the patched vulnerabilities are critical, a fact that underlines, once again, the need for applying the newly-released patches.
Although the Redmond-ba ... [read more >>] | | 14 May 2008, 09:50GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Yet Another Antivirus Needs Security Fixes |  | Sophos Antivirus, an important security application currently installed on a large number of computers, needs to be patched as soon as possible due a vulnerability found in it, according to several reports. At this time, the parent company is working on a fix, so an update should be released anytime soon. Security company Secunia wrote that the vulnerability could be exploited to cause a Denial of Service attack. Only Sophos Anti ... [read more >>] | | 29 April 2008, 17:31GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Malicious Behavior Threat Searching for Windows Stations |  | Although this month may appear to be a calm and quiet period because no new dangerous threats have appeared, there are a lot of reports concerning spyware, Trojan horses and other type of infections that came out to find new vulnerable systems. But thanks to the security companies out there, our security products are able to spot and block them without allowing the infections to reach our valuable data.
Security company Sophos ... [read more >>] | | 24 April 2008, 11:05GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Most Spam Per Capita in the World Not in the US or Russia! |  | True to the old school slogan of "you live and you learn," my lesson today is that despite the technological advancements, big nations are not those with the highest malware ratio per capita. Neither are they the ones with the highest average salary, but that’s business talk and I’m not really big on that.
Can you say ‘Pitcairn’? I know it’s not a difficult word to mouth, but I find it stunning to find out that these ... [read more >>] | | 11 March 2008, 14:36GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Sick Email Lottery Scam |  | Scams will be around for years to come, if not to the end of time. Seemingly natural, some people think they are smarter than others and try to take advantage of their gullibility. Truth be told, they often are, but that doesn’t give them the right to benefit from their victims’ lack of experience in Internet affairs.
The latest scam found by security firm Sophos takes advantage of the good name aid agency Oxfam has built thro ... [read more >>] | | 05 March 2008, 15:56GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| From Paris Hilton to Avril Lavigne – Free Porn Slaughters Windows |  | There are little incentives as popular in their inherent association with widespread malware spamming campaigns as sexual references/invitations/promises. The ultimate combination designed to easily convince users in becoming victims of malicious code infections is a bundle of free pornography with high profile celebrities. The latest spam campaign set up to spread the Troj/Exchan-Gen Trojan horse makes good use of the same old items in th ... [read more >>] | | 26 February 2008, 13:16GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Trojan TV Ads |  | Cyber criminals are downright geniuses when it comes to addressing a specific category of people with their malware. Is somebody keen on watching shows on TV rather than on the Internet likely to be very aware of the dangers on the Web? Not likely, although it could happen. What better way to deliver Trojans other than inserting them into ads on the site the above described people would visit?
Security experts from Sophos have discover ... [read more >>] | | 22 February 2008, 06:10GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| New Scheme – Voice Phishing |  | Phishing is one of the most certain means of acquiring some personal information period. Either the victim doesn’t know he/she is visiting a fake secure site or is providing the information via email to somebody asking for it while posing as an official doesn’t really matter to the phishers. All that matters is to get the job done, so they have stepped up their game and went ahead to attempt pulling off the same scheme via voice.
Sophos ... [read more >>] | | 21 February 2008, 16:36GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Will Mac OS X Ever Be as Insecure as Windows? |  | Over 93% of the respondents in a survey conducted by security company Sophos revealed that they expect Mac OS X to come under increasing attacks from cybercriminals in the future. Sophos is essentially discussing an interesting perspective over the security of Mac OS X. Is there a Big Mac attack in the making? Or are the professed scenarios where OS X would come under a barrage of fire nothing more than the results of super-sized hype.
... [read more >>] | | 15 February 2008, 07:45GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Survey - Computer Users Trust Mac OS X Over Windows for Security |  | A recent web poll of more than 350 computer users has revealed that 93% believe Macs will be more targeted by hackers in the future. In light of the discovery of the first "financially motivated malware for Mac OS X," Sophos' poll has also revealed that polled computer user ... [read more >>] | | 14 February 2008, 09:51GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Linux Compromised Operating Systems Go Hand in Hand with Infected Windows Platforms |  | The lack of a silver bullet security solution is axiomatic when it comes down to delivering user protection. Security is nothing more than a constant race, with the software developers laboring to catch up with the threat environment. And despite of the promise of malware safe heavens such as Mac OS X and Linux in comparison to Windows, the fact of the matter is that all code is vulnerable to attacks, exploits, bugs, flaws, etc. ... [read more >>] | | 14 February 2008, 09:41GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Elvis Presley, Fergie and Carrie Underwood Spamming |  | Sophos warned yesterday against the latest means that spammers came up with in order to bypass the filters every email service has erected. Suppose music files from well-known artists, such as Elvis Presley, Fergie and Carrie Underwood, are just some of the names who were associated to the malicious emails.
To nobody’s surprise, the files attached were not actually music files, but audio of some monotonous voice encouraging pe ... [read more >>] | | 12 February 2008, 11:36GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Naked Girls with Guns Doing the Nasty to Your Windows |  | Naked girls with guns... While I know that your imagination must be running wild by now, the fact of the matter is that such an invitation would be hard to resist from fans of girls or guns, or even the two combined. But accepting such an invitation from an untrusted source while running a Windows operating system could prove problematic, just to use an euphemism. This because the promise of pornography, however light or hardcore, has [ADM ... [read more >>] | | 31 January 2008, 11:28GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Threats Move Windows to Mac OS X via Porn |  | As far as the Windows operating system is concerned, the threat environment is tailored on it. The ubiquity of the platform, as well as a small level of bulletproofing of older versions, have virtually made Windows a sitting duck. Of course that the 90% market share enjoyed by the operating system acts as the main factor to attract the threat environment. The equation in this case is rather simple and it involves attackers targeting the mo ... [read more >>] | | 29 January 2008, 11:59GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Sexy Girls Involved in the Christmas Security Attack |  | Christmas has been pretty busy when it comes to computer security, but one of the most important threats was an email scam which attempted to find new victims using images of sexy girls dressed like Santa. As you can see in the picture attached to the article, the email messages attempted to direct the readers to a malicious website, claiming it was offering sexy photos with women wearing Santa suits. Security company Sophos conf ... [read more >>] | | 27 December 2007, 09:43GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Kaspersky Didn't Receive the VB100 Certification |  | The latest tests, conducted by Virus Bulletin over 32 antivirus technologies, revealed that 17 products, including Trend Micro, Kaspersky, Norman and Sophos, failed to protect Windows 2000, "The Register" reported today. The research was supposed to give the antiviruses the VB100 certification after they being tested by the experts, in order to find out if they managed to discover the most popular malware without return ... [read more >>] | | 05 December 2007, 09:43GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Microsoft Antivirus: Less than Sophos and Kaspersky, but More than Symantec and BitDefender |  | Microsoft's security solutions are newcomers to a multi-billion dollar market, which is saturated by products from household names, such as Symantec, McAfee, Sophos and Kaspersky. At the same time, the Redmond company itself is making its first timid steps into the security industry, which is largely charted territory by now, and Microsoft benefits from the collaboration of some heavyweights that have occupied key positions ... [read more >>] | | 05 December 2007, 09:30GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Sophos Detects More New Unknown Malware Than Any Other Security Vendor |  | There are a lot of antivirus technologies out there, most of them sustaining that their features are the best on the market and more efficient than the rivals'. Some say Kaspersky is the best, others think McAfee is better, while numerous users choose Norton Antivirus as the leader. A recent study published by security company Sophos revealed that it discovered "more new unknown malware reported to the independent AVIEW ... [read more >>] | | 05 December 2007, 08:52GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Symantec and McAfee NOT the Best Antiviruses! |  | You might be tempted to believe that Symantec, McAfee, ESET, Kaspersky or Softwin Labs provide the best antiviruses on the market. In fact, it's well known that these solutions have millions of consumers as they offer very powerful antivirus utilities. But (yeah, I know, there's always a 'but'), a recent research conducted by Cascadia Labs revealed that the technologies mentioned above are NOT the best solutions on the ... [read more >>] | | 30 November 2007, 03:05GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Mac OS X Malware Already Defeated |  | A few days ago, it was reported that a new Mac OS X malware was discovered on the web, aiming to modify the DNS server settings on Apple's computers. Security company Sophos said today that it already provides protection for the infected file, adding that clients' security applications were updated since 01:12 GMT on 1 November 2007. The OSX/RSPlug-A Trojan horse is the latest threat for the Macintosh computers although ... [read more >>] | | 01 November 2007, 05:55GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Free Angelina Jolie Porn - Not the Healthiest Content for Windows... |  | As odd as it may sound, free pornographic content featuring the Hollywood start Angelina Jolie is not the best thing that you'd want to integrate with your copy of Windows. Spammed emails containing explicit promises of a scantly clad Angelina Jolie hit inboxes on a daily basis. In fact, the practice has become a circadian fact of life, inherent with every email service. Of course that for the sake of variety, the spam campaigns not a ... [read more >>] | | 29 October 2007, 12:40GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Bulletproof Internet Explorer 7 Against URL Attacks |  | Microsoft has acknowledged scenarios where Internet Explorer 7 – running on top of Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Professional x64 and with SP2, as well as Windows Server 2003, the 32-bit and the 64-bit editions, both SP1 and SP2, along with Windows Server 2003 with SP1 or SP1 for Itanium-based Systems – provides fertile soil for a remote execution vulnerability. The exploits have been confirmed as being connected to an ... [read more >>] | | 17 October 2007, 08:29GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Worm Jumps from Windows to UNIX and Then Back |  | One of the things that makes Linux and Mac OS X platforms be perceived as secure by default is a virtually inexistent threat environment. Actual code quality, and the amount of security vulnerabilities are anodyne aspects in the security equation if there is no malicious code designed to exploit security flaws. The amount of attacks and the volume of malware created for a specific piece of software are on the other hand factors that contri ... [read more >>] | | 27 September 2007, 11:30GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Half of the Security Issues - Solved! |  | Firms today face two major security risks, one coming from skilled hackers and the second from sloppy employees. But, as you might have figured out there are way more sloppy employees than skilled hackers. Sophos’ software can block employees from bypassing security policies, which is great. This will solve a lot of issues, if properly used, by the IT department.
The program I’m talking about is Sophos Endpoint Security and Co ... [read more >>] | | 25 September 2007, 04:40GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Security on Windows Vista? What a Joke! |  | Sophos Antivirus is one of the top security solutions which are also compatible with the latest version of Windows, Vista. Because I'm sure that many of the Vista fans out there are looking for a security tool for their computers, I feel sorry to inform you that Sophos Antivirus contains a security flaw that might allow the attackers to infect your computer. It sounds like an antivirus product which, instead of protecting yo ... [read more >>] | | 07 September 2007, 16:36GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Fake Malware Alert Delivered by Email |  | A new phishing campaign is currently in progress and tries to use the famous security company Sophos to trick users to reveal their login details. The message encourages users to click on a spoofed website in order to enter their details that would allow the attackers to steal the accounts. According to Mary Landesman from About.com, the email targets the consumers of the Merrill Lynch Business Center, informing them about a malw ... [read more >>] | | 28 August 2007, 14:51GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Another Antivirus Bites The Dust |  | From time to time, the security companies are rolling out notifications and advisories informing us that a new more or less critical vulnerability was discovered, also coming with all sorts of software solutions. But what's more interesting is that most of these applications are usually antivirus products, exactly the ones that should protect our computer from viruses and other threats. Today's vulnerable solution is So ... [read more >>] | | 24 August 2007, 08:32GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| The First Windows Worm with Suicidal Tendencies... |  | There are a lot of ways to cry out for help. Especially if you are ugly, hate yourself and have a perpetual death wishes. And suicidal tendencies are a behavior generally associated with such an assortment of emotions. But the fact of the matter is that there is no general, one-size-fits-all rule in this aspect, and as such, exceptions are common. And with the Windows platform at your disposal, you could potentially reach approximately one ... [read more >>] | | 16 August 2007, 08:54GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Forget About an Antivirus - Windows Security Holes Require Full Network Access Control |  | Sophos believes that the lack of security delivered by the Windows platform, as well as the additional Microsoft products, are overwhelming for the capabilities of a simple desktop antivirus. Sophos came to this conclusion in the light of the latest Microsoft Patch Tuesday, the company's monthly patch cycle on August 14. The Redmond company issued a total of ... [read more >>] | | 15 August 2007, 08:49GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| New Round of Free Pornography Spammed for Windows |  | Shocking photos and equally shocking videos of nude Hollywood stars such as Nicole Kidman, Angelina Jolie and Natalie Portman are the subject of a spam campaign directed at Windows users. The promise of free pornographic materials involving the three celebrities is designed to be a hard to resist incentive in a social engineering scheme created to spread the Troj/Dloadr-BCP Trojan downloader. Security company Sophos was warned that the wid ... [read more >>] | | 02 August 2007, 11:52GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| New Worm Attacks Windows Live Messenger – Seeds Itself via BitTorrent |  | W32/Impard-A is everything but the kitchen sink type of malware. Security company Sopos revealed that W32/Impard-A is essentially a worm targeting the Windows platform (Windows Vista is not mentioned particularly) also featuring IRC backdoor capabilities. The worm spreads via either Windows Live Messenger, AIM or an eventual BitTorrent application on the compromised computer. Richard Cohen, security expert with SophosLabs CA revealed[ADMAR ... [read more >>] | | 25 June 2007, 05:43GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Is Vista Secure? |  | Is Windows Vista secure? Microsoft touted its latest operating system as the most secure Windows platform available to date. In this context, it is true that Vista delivers a higher level of security. As Microsoft security expert Michael Howard put it, Vista raises the standard in an ever evolving threat environment. This is in a sense a clear indication of the expired status of Windows XP. Even with Service Pack 2 on board, Windows XP hit ... [read more >>] | | 20 June 2007, 09:10GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| The Best Antivirus for Windows Vista and Windows XP SP2 |  | Sophos Anti-Virus is the best security solution for both Windows Vista and Windows XP Service Pack 2. On June 4 2007, security developer Sophos celebrated the 38th VB100 award. The award given by Virus Bulletin magazine attests that the security solution provided by Sophos for Windows XP offers top of the line protection.
"This is the 38th time that Sophos Anti-Virus has won a prestigious VB100 award, confirming its abil ... [read more >>] | | 04 June 2007, 09:20GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Sophos Announces the Most Prevalent Malware Threats During May 2007 |  | Sophos, one of the world leaders in IT security, has announced the most prevalent malware threats that are causing problems for computer users during May 2007 according to their studies. The conclusion is that infected web pages are still posing a threat and are affecting all kinds of sites, official government websites and not only.
An increase of more than 1000 new infected web pages daily has been calculated compared to Apr ... [read more >>] | | 02 June 2007, 08:42GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| The Anatomy of a Windows Vista Web Attack |  | Almost two months after Microsoft bulletproofed Windows Vista against malformed animated cursors, the .ANI file format handling vulnerability is still exploited in the wild. Web-based malicious attacks deliver a great level of risk due to the fact that the exploits are independent from users interaction. In order to get infected all that a user has to do is to navigate to a malformed webpage. This type of attacks is known as drive-by-downl ... [read more >>] | | 01 June 2007, 11:32GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended Crack Harvests Zombie Computers |  | A crack designed to activate Adobe Photoshop Creative Suite 3 Extended brings to the table a tad more than the users have bargained for. When it comes to pirated materials, there is no such thing as free. This truism is reinforced by the Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended keygen authored by "macROSS." The Key generator is being offered as a free method to circumvent the activation mechanism of Photoshop CS3 Extended.
While the genu ... [read more >>] | | 29 May 2007, 05:30GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Top Security Company Sophos Bans Windows Vista |  | At the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference WinHEC 2007 in Los Angeles, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates revealed that Windows Vista has sold approximately 40 million licenses worldwide since the initial availability on January 30, 2007. After just the first months on the market, Microsoft had applauded in excess of 20 million Vista licenses sold, a milestone that validated the company's initial forecasts. Outselling Windows XP by two ... [read more >>] | | 19 May 2007, 04:23GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Sophos: We Don't See Any Advantage in Deploying Windows Vista |  | Windows Vista, Microsoft latest operating system made available on January 30, 2007, is applauded by the Redmond Company as the most secure Windows platform to date. In the first 100 days on the market, Vista has sold approximately 40 million licenses and it is lagging behind various Linux distributions and Mac OS X Tiger in terms of the vulnerabilities that have impacted the platform.
Find out what Sophos, a world leader in IT securit ... [read more >>] | | 19 May 2007, 04:10GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Sophos Not Optimistic about Windows Vista's Security |  | Sophos is not optimistic when it comes to the security performances that Microsoft's latest operating system, Windows Vista will deliver. And from its position as a world leader in IT security and control solutions, Sophos is an indisputable authority in the industry. Following the launch of Windows Vista, applauded by Microsoft as the most secure Win ... [read more >>] | | 18 May 2007, 08:53GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Hackers Prey on Pirated Software, Windows Vista a Prominent Target |  | Security Company Sophos has issued a warning following published research from the Business Software Alliance (BSA) associated with the risk of using pirated software. According to the BSA, no less than 35% of the world's computers have at least one pirated software program installed. Sophos' perspective on the issue is that pirated programs deliver an additional route to infection and leave both business networks and home users ... [read more >>] | | 17 May 2007, 05:40GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Symantec and Sophos Downplay Microsoft's Relevance |  | Rival security developers Symantec and Sophos have made a united front against Microsoft, and downplayed the relevance of the Redmond Company's presence in the industry. Both security companies adopted similar contemptible perspectives when dealing with Microsoft and aimed at the technology that is at the basis of products such as Windows Live OneCare and Forefront. The fact of the matter is that Microsoft's OneCare and ... [read more >>] | | 09 May 2007, 10:37GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Symantec: Patch! McAfee: Patch! Sophos: Patch! |  | Patch, patch, patch! This single piece of advice is reverberating through Symantec, McAfee and Sophos and is associated with Microsoft's April Security Bulletin release. In the wake of the Redmond Company's Patch Tuesday, security developers are advising Windows users to deploy the updates as soon as possible. Microsoft has made available a total of five security bulletins, four of which have a severity rating of critic ... [read more >>] | | 11 April 2007, 04:19GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| The Wolves Are Prowling Windows Vista Like a Fresh Piece of Prey |  | The wolfs are prowling Windows Vista, starving for a bite. And Windows Vista is nothing more than a fresh piece of prey diving into the onslaught. The wolves? Symantec, McAfee and Sophos. Yesterday the Microsoft Security Response Center posted an advisory related to a critical zero-day vulnerabilit ... [read more >>] | | 30 March 2007, 11:55GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
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