December 9, 2010 - Mozilla has released version 3.6.13 of its popular Firefox web browser. This new version contains fixes for 11 security holes, nine of which have been given the worst rating of "critical" severity, as the vulnerabilities (continue reading...) Read more
December 9, 2010 - TweetMeme, a service which tries to work out which are the most popular links being spread via Twitter, has unfortunately helped spammers overnight promote a make-money-fast "work from home" website. Thousands of Twitter accounts have been (continue reading...) Read more
December 9, 2010 - Everyone out there - consider yourselves on notice about privacy, secrecy, security, encryption, data leakage prevention, and the rest of it. It's not the data which WikiLeaks leaked, it's the leak of the (continue reading...) Read more
December 9, 2010 - It feels like you can't turn your back for a second without another story about distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks popping up. This one, however, has nothing to do with WikiLeaks and (continue reading...) Read more
December 9, 2010 - According to an announcement by the Dutch Public Prosecution Service, a 16-year-old boy has been arrested in connection with the distributed denial-of-service (continue reading...) Read more
December 9, 2010 - It's not pleasant to be on the receiving end of a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack. Malicious hackers can commandeer thousands of computers around the world, and order them to deluge a website with traffic - (continue reading...) Read more
December 9, 2010 - There has been a lot of talk about the attacks coordinated by AnonOps, a group of internet vigilantes, which decided to fight back against payment processing companies suspending (continue reading...) Read more
December 8, 2010 - Today was certainly not a boring day in the annals of security news. Yesterday the forces of Anonymous (4chan) decided to take issue with the perceived censorship of government critics (continue reading...) Read more
December 8, 2010 - Physical security at airports is a curious affair. Writers like Bruce Schneier have been pointing this out for years. Schneier, indeed, is said to have been the first to use the term 'security theatre' to describe the often arbitrary, frequently (continue reading...) Read more
December 8, 2010 - Hackers, known as Operation Payback, have claimed to have brought down Mastercard's website www.mastercard.com, according to several news reports, including the Guardian and the National Post. The timing makes the rather strong (continue reading...) Read more
December 8, 2010 - The New York Times has issued a warning about unofficial university welcome groups on Facebook targeting high school seniors. According to the article, RoomSurf, a company which helps high school and (continue reading...) Read more
December 8, 2010 - I'm proud to announce another VB 100 certification for Sophos Anti-Virus 9.5 in the December 2010 test. We once again have achieved a 100% result on both (continue reading...) Read more
December 7, 2010 - My colleague Chet has already warned you about Apple's latest critical update to QuickTime 7, issued this morning. Please read his article to find out if, and how, (continue reading...) Read more
December 7, 2010 - Today Apple announced the availability of QuickTime 7.6.9 for OS X 10.5 and Windows platforms. This release fixes 13 vulnerabilities in QuickTime for OS X Leopard and 15 vulnerabilities (continue reading...) Read more
December 6, 2010 - From the comfort of summer, Sophos Southern Hemisphere wishes you well for the festive season, and says, "Stay safe online this Christmas!" Watch and enjoy our Christmas card, and don't forget to read the tips which follow, too: (continue reading...) Read more
December 6, 2010 - Facebook's roller-coaster ride through cloud computing continues apace with the announcement earlier today of the New Profile. (In case you're wondering about that opening metaphor: Facebook is the ride. (continue reading...) Read more
December 5, 2010 - The Australian Federal Police (AFP) announced, late on Friday afternoon (usually a good time for bad news, catching journalists just after they have left for the pub for the weekend), (continue reading...) Read more
December 2, 2010 - According to The Telegraph, German prosecutors are accusing two local hackers of breaking into the computers of over 50 pop stars, including (continue reading...) Read more
December 1, 2010 - Don't just read the latest computer security news - watch it in just 90 seconds! This month: Apple has all sorts of fun; Facebook decides its users are "inauthentic"; Adobe gets a sandbox to play in; and Firesheep puts you (continue reading...) Read more
December 1, 2010 - Everyone has a quirk. Many keep it secret, fearing jokes or sneers at their expense. And that is their call, but I have decided to stand up and be counted. Here (continue reading...) Read more