April 25, 2012 - VMware has confirmed that source code posted on PasteBin by a hacker calling himself "Hardcore Charlie", is a portion of code from its ESX Hypervisor product. Read more
April 25, 2012 - Users may not realise now that their computers are using rogue DNS servers to access the internet... but come July 9th, things might be rather different. Find out how to check your computer, and how Sophos products can help. (continue reading...) Read more
April 25, 2012 - Facebook has announced that it is teaming up with a number of security vendors, including Sophos. Read more
April 25, 2012 - Good news: Someone with *ahem* great taste has nominated us for a Useful Social Media Award. Now all we need is some votes... hint hint. Read more
April 25, 2012 - Britain's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has discovered that more than one in every ten second hand hard drives contains recoverable personal information of the original owner. Read more
April 24, 2012 - A few thoughts on the "hacktivist" group Anonymous that came out of Josh Corman and Brian "Jericho" Martin's keynote at the SOURCE security conference in Boston last week. Read more
April 24, 2012 - One in every five Mac computers is harbouring some kind of malware, a new study from the experts at Sophos has revealed. Sophos has revealed a disturbingly high level of malware on Mac computers - with both Windows and Mac threats (continue reading...) Read more
April 23, 2012 - The home addresses and personal email details of some 38,000 participants in Sunday's London Marathon were exposed for anyone to access on the race's official website. Celebrities were amongst those who had their private details exposed by the glitch. (continue reading...) Read more
April 23, 2012 - As Pinterest's popularity increases, so do the reports of spam on the fast-growing photo-sharing network. Is the website doing enough to counter the threat? Read more
April 23, 2012 - The Mehr news agency in Iran is reporting that the oil ministry and entire industry has been taken offline after suffering a malware attack. Read more
April 23, 2012 - iPhone users are being tricked into buying a phony screen-lock app, which is actually nothing more than a wallpaper. Read more
April 23, 2012 - Eight men have been arrested for running a secret online store that sold more than $1 million worth of narcotics. It's alleged that the gang hid its tracks by operating on the Tor network. (continue reading...) Read more
April 23, 2012 - SophosLabs reports on the top twelve spam relaying countries for January - March 2012. Read more
April 22, 2012 - Chester Wisniewski and Paul Ducklin chat about the security issues surrounding Apple's new iTunes security, knowledge-based authentication, Mac malware and Google's fine from the FCC. Read more
April 22, 2012 - A new law being debated in the US is causing concern among privacy advocates. The law is designed to encourage information sharing to thwart cybercrime, yet even the White House is expressing concerns over the privacy implications of the bill. (continue reading...) Read more
April 20, 2012 - Anonymous hacktivists blasted the Formula 1 website off the net, with a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack. Read more
April 20, 2012 - SophosLabs is intercepting a spammed-out malware campaign, pretending to be an email about a revealing photo posted online of the recipient. The emails, which have a variety of subject lines and message bodies, arrive with an attached ZIP file (IMG0893.zip) which (continue reading...) Read more
April 19, 2012 - A recent report has shown a large increase in the number of fraudulent phone calls attempting to voice phish customers of US banks. Read more
April 18, 2012 - User education is of course a great idea, but we all know how hard it is to get the messages across in a clear and memorable way. Sophos launches a free education toolkit to help the poor IT guys who (continue reading...) Read more
April 18, 2012 - Tempted to try out the much talked about Instagram app? Well, be careful where you get it from - as malware authors are distributing malware disguised as the popular app. Read more