Join us for the Sophos Security Threat Report webcast January 26th
Join Chester Wisniewski and James Hilliard for a webcast covering the latest security developments from the second half of 2011 on January 26th, 2012 at 19:00 UTC/2PM Eastern time. View full post on Naked Security – Sophos View full post on National Cyber Security
Sophos updates mobile device management platform
IT security firm Sophos has announced a new version of its mobile device management solution, offering protection for Apple, Android, Windows Phone and BlackBerry devices. Sophos Mobile Control 2.0 allows all of these devices to be monitored and controlled from a single web-based console. IT administrators can execute consistent policies across the board, such as […]
Second-hand USB drives riddled with malware, Sophos finds
Two thirds of a random assortment of USB flash drives bought second-hand at an Australian rail company lost property auction turned out to be infected with malware, security company Sophos has reported. Despite being light-hearted and not particularly scientific, the survey offers an alarming insight into the insecure working life of the average USB drive, […]
Sophos Warns of Amazon Phishing Campaign
E-mails claiming to come from Amazon.com ask for the user’s credit card details, date of birth and more. View full post on eSecurityPlanet RSS Feed View full post on National Cyber Security
HTML5 to create new challenges for security pros in 2012: Sophos
The move to HTML5 will enable a whole host of new web applications, but could also create new challenges for enterprise security professionals, according to UK security firm Sophos. In its security predictions for 2012, Sophos identifies new web and networking technologies – such as HTML5 – as one of the major security risks for […]
Sophos Warns of Malware in Postal Service E-mails
The e-mails come with attached ZIP files containing a Trojan. View full post on eSecurityPlanet RSS Feed View full post on National Cyber Security
Asia relays 50% o the world’s spam, say Sophos
Asia is now considered the top continent in the world for relaying over 50 percent of spam throughout the world, according to the latest research by Sophos, an IT security and data protection company. For its third quarter report, Sophos also noted that five countries in the region have joined the rest of the so-called […]
Sophos warns Mac users as OS X hit by backdoor Trojan malware Tsunami-A
Apple’s Mac OS X operating system is being targeted by backdoor Trojan malware dubbed OSX/Tsunami-A. The malware has been identified as a Linus backdoor Trojan that embeds itself on a computer system and monitors an IRC channel for further instructions. The Tsunami part of the name given to the malware refers to the fact that […]
Sophos tackles new BlackHole RAT malware variant for OS X
Back in February of this year a malware utility called BlackHole, or MusMinim by security company Sophos, was found for OS X. BlackHole is a backdoor server program RAT (Remote Access Tool) that runs on an infected system and allows a remote user to interact with the system by sending shutdown commands, displaying screen messages, […]
Sophos warns vs new Trojan malware targeting Mac OS X
A new Trojan malware now stalks users of computers running Apple Inc.’s Mac OS X, using an old disguise that once fooled users of Microsoft’s Windows. View full post on computer security alerts – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security