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New Apple Mac OS X malware discovered(02/12/2008)
A new example of Apple Mac OS X malware has been discovered. In many ways the malware, which Sophos detected as OSX/Jahlav-A, is very similar to the RSPlug financially-motivated malware that we first saw this time last year. Like other malware campaigns engineered by this particular gang, a bogus webpage is created claiming to contain a video. Visiting the site produces a message saying that you don’t have the correct codec installed to watch ... [more]
Facebook wins USD 873 million judgement against spammer(25/11/2008)
Facebook has won a USD 873 million judgement against a Canadian man who bombarded millions of the social networking site's members with unsolicited spam messages. According to reports, Adam Guerbuez from Montreal tricked users into revealing their passwords and usernames and used this information to gain access to their personal profiles. Facebook alleges he then sent out more than four million messages promoting products from marijuana to se... [more]
Portuguese spam attempts to dupe victims into downloading a fake Symantec product(13/11/2008)
A new Portuguese spam messages attempts to dupe victims into downloading and installing a fake Symantec product. The spam messages were constructed using two images hosted on the popular imageshack.us site. As usual for spammed links, despite the text shown in the message, the link actually points to a rogue URL, not a Symantec site. In this case it points to malware hosted on a compromised Czech site. The file is a Trojan, written in Delph... [more]
Sophos protects Basildon and Thurrock Hospitals network(15/10/2008)
One of the UK's first NHS Foundation Trusts, Basildon and Thurrock is also an associate teaching hospital providing an extensive range of acute medical services across its three sites in South West Essex - Basildon and Orsett Hospitals, and St Andrews Centre, Billericay. Using the latest equipment and technology throughout, the CTC is heavily reliant upon computer security to protect it from devastating cyber attacks with the potential to bring t... [more]
Sophos acquires Utimaco Safeware AG (08/10/2008)
Sophos Plc has announced that it has acquired the necessary level of Utimaco Share capital to proceed with the voluntary public takeover of Utimaco Safeware AG. As anticipated and in accordance with the Offer Document, Sophos successfully acquired more than 75 percent of Utimaco Shares for a purchase price of EUR 14.75 per Share as of September 30, 2008. "Together our companies are exceptionally well-positioned to protect customer information ... [more]
Malware campaign uses fake Obama video(18/09/2008)
The US Presidential fight between John McCain and Barack Obama is heating up. Malware authors, hackers and virus writers, of course, are never slow to jump on an opportunity and malicious emails are being spammed out claiming to link to a sex video of Barack Obama. The emails, which have subject lines like “Obama Sex Video!!!”, claim to come from infonews@obama.com and read as follows: "Sensation!!! United States Senator for Illinois Barack... [more]
Sophos defends Ipswich Hospital users from spam and malware(10/09/2008)
New research from Sophos finds one new infected webpage every five seconds, up from one in fifteen seconds in 2007 - ninety percent of which are found on legitimate but infected websites. These sharp increases in web-based attacks are a grave concern for organisations such as Ipswich Hospital which are responsible for protecting large amounts of sensitive information. Sophos has announced that it is delivering protection against spam, viruses,... [more]
Website infection rate triples(02/09/2008)
The Sophos Security Threat Report examines existing and emerging security trends and has identified that criminals are increasingly using creative new techniques in their attempt to make money out of internet users. It is estimated that the total number of unique malware samples in existence now exceeds 11 million, with Sophos currently receiving approximately 20,000 new samples of suspicious software every single day - one every four seconds.... [more]
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