May 17, 2012 - The "Toy Story 2" movie was nearly lost forever because of failing backup software. Watch the video to find out the story, and how the classic animated movie was recovered. Read more
May 16, 2012 - To help you better safeguard your Android phone and tablet, Sophos just published Sophos Mobile Security for Android in Google Play. Oh, and it's free! Read more
May 15, 2012 - The fallout from the breach of payment card processor Global Payments continues to widen, yet more information does not bring more clarity. Banks are uncovering more fraud related to the incident, but information about the theft is not being released (continue reading...) Read more
May 14, 2012 - The Bitcoin exchange Bitcoinica took its servers offline after they discovered $90,000 USD worth of bitcoins was stolen from its systems. This is the second time this year Bitcoinica have been targeted. (continue reading...) Read more
May 14, 2012 - The FBI, investigating bomb threats, seized the server of a group, known as May First/People Link (MF/PL), that offers encrypted data services to people fighting oppressive regimes. Four days later, they returned it. What is going on? (continue reading...) Read more
May 9, 2012 - Penetration testing is a valuable but tool but can quickly get expensive. Focusing on testing the right things in the right manner is key to getting the best bang for your buck. (continue reading...) Read more
May 8, 2012 - A 31-year-old US man from Atlanta, Georgia, admitted last week that he and his gang stole more than $1.3 million USD by phishing confidential account information from e-commerce sites. Read more
May 5, 2012 - Apple has exposed the encryption passwords of FileVault users in the most recent update to OS X Lion. Users are advised to use full disk encryption and change passwords that may have been recorded insecurely. (continue reading...) Read more
May 4, 2012 - With the Olympics coming to London, there may be opportunities for criminals, hacktivists and mischief-makers to make a high profile attack against the event's computer systems. But what about your own computers, and your personal data and finances? (continue reading...) Read more
May 3, 2012 - Hackers break into a Belgian bank, steal confidential customer information, and then blackmail the bank: pay us or we expose your customers' confidential data. Who is the real victim here? Read more
May 3, 2012 - Ooops. If you're running a terrorist organisation, it might make sense to encrypt your files. Clearly Osama Bin Laden didn't realise that - as some of the documents seized during the raid on his hideout in Pakistan have been made public (continue reading...) Read more
May 3, 2012 - Skype learned about a security hole that reveals users' IP addresses about 18 months ago, according to the security researchers who discovered the vulnerability. Read more
May 2, 2012 - The New York Times claims to have uncovered the identity of the Google software engineer who wrote the code used by Street View cars when they controversially scooped up private Wi-Fi data including emails, text messages, browsing histories and passwords. (continue reading...) Read more
May 2, 2012 - Sophos polled people at their InfoSec Europe booth last week to find out their views on security in the workplace. Here's what they found. Read more
April 30, 2012 - A Google engineer, responsible for data from wireless WiFi networks via Street View cars, told colleagues as long ago as 2007 that the code was collecting private data including emails, text messages, browsing histories and passwords. (continue reading...) Read more
April 30, 2012 - The studio behind Star Trek Online, City of Heroes, City of Villains, and Champions Online suffered a user account database breach 16 months ago... and is only warning users about it now. (continue reading...) Read more
April 27, 2012 - A new malware attack is targeting Mac computers with a Python-based backdoor Trojan. And Windows computers aren't getting away scott free either. Read more
April 27, 2012 - US House of Representatives kicked off “cybersecurity week,” with "America is Under Cyber Attack: Why Urgent Action is Needed." Is using Hollywood-style language really the way to deal with a really serious issue? (continue reading...) Read more
April 27, 2012 - The proposed US bill doesn't stop the carriers from handing over location data, but it does require that police get a warrant first. So what is CTIA's problem with it? Read more
April 26, 2012 - Cybercrime is big business these days, in fact it's an industry. So it's not a surprise to find that criminals are embracing ecommerce. But some will be surprised to discover just how professional and legitimate criminal websites can appear. (continue reading...) Read more