Naked Security

Way to alienate a loyal customerbase, Adobe. Adobe is making users pay of its Photoshop, Illustrator and Flash Professional products pay hundreds of dollars to fix security flaws.

File-sharing site The Pirate Bay has denounced an Anonymous DDoS campaign that took down Virgin Media, calling it an "ugly" method that's no better than the UK court order for ISPs to block users from getting to The Pirate Bay.

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.

Are you still running Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard? If so, you have some very important critical security patches to install - helping to protect your Mac from malware threats.

Here is the full text of the #sophospuzzle from this year's AusCERT T-shirt. Cut, paste, solve and get in the running to win a NERF gun.

The judge who ordered blocks to Pirate Bay sites is alleged to have 1) a history of handing down verdicts that violate free speech and 2) been making some cash on the side by teaching alongside the plaintiff in an anti-piracy course.

You don't have to be a criminal to realise that it's important to protect your Facebook account. So remember not to leave it open for anyone to access on an unattended computer.

Wikipedia warns its millions of users about how cybercriminals can inject adverts into webpages.

You would think that if there had been a widespread scam on Facebook two months ago, that it wouldn't be capable of spreading using identical wording now, wouldn't you? Sadly, it seems the answer is "no".

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 by Global Payments.

Until last week, iPhone's Siri would respond to "What is the best smartphone?" with - gulp - iPhone's competitor Nokia Lumia 900. This "bug" has now been fixed by Apple, but Nokia are making sure everyone is aware that Apple is overriding the software.

The Android malware threat is growing. And it's no surprise to see similar social engineering tricks that have worked on other operating systems in the past also being used on the Android platform.

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!

Fake anti-virus is one of the largest families of malware in recent history. In this technical paper, Jagadeesh Chandraiah takes a look at how scareware has evolved over the last three and a half years into what it is today.

This week's Chet Chat comes to you live from the show floor at Interop 2012. John Shier and Chet Wisniewski have some fun and share highlights from the expo hall.

Southwark Crown Court has sentenced a 21-year-old British man to a year in prison after he admitted hacking into the Facebook account of a US citizen, and accessing private messages.

A British man who spread a spyware Trojan horse posing as a patch for the popular video game "Call of Duty", has ended up with an 18 month jail sentence.

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.

Who doesn't love a good romance story? Oh, probably those who have ended up losing out on a lot of money.

Yesterday, US copyright regulators opened up the floodgates for a public hearing of proposals to change copyright law, including authorizing the cracking of tablets, DVDs, gaming consoles and mobile phones. Tell us what you think...

Adobe's fix for Photoshop CS5 security issue? Buy Photoshop CS6

The Pirate Bay gives thumbs-down on Anonymous DDoS attack on Virgin Media

Bitcoin exchange gets attacked and loses cash...again!

Apple issues security updates for Mac OS X Leopard - to fight malware menace

The full AusCERT 2012 #sophospuzzle - cut, paste, solve, NERF!

Judge ordering blocks to Pirate Bay is corrupt, says Pirate Party founder

Two men rob internet cafe at gunpoint, but forget to log out of Facebook first

Seeing ads on Wikipedia? You may have malware

Rihanna sex video trap used by Facebook scammers.. again

Global Payments breach continues to bewilder, accusations abound

Magic mirror on the wall, what's the best smartphone of all?

Fake anti-virus disguises used by Android malware

Free Sophos Anti-Virus app for your Android

Technical paper - Fake anti-virus: The journey from Trojan to a persistent threat

SSCC 90 - A walk around Interop 2012 with John Shier

British hacker jailed for one year for breaking into Facebook account

Call of Duty Trojan horse creator ends up in jail, after drunken college raid

Backups are good - but don't forget to check your backups work [VIDEO]

Cyber romance scams cost US victims $50 million in 2011

Should jailbreaking gaming consoles, mobile phones and tablets be legalized?