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Friday the Thirteenth - in memory of malware mayhem
It's Friday the Thirteenth, an infamous date in the history of malware. So here's a satirical trip down memory lane to consider other dies irae in the computer virus calendar.
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Reddit joins anti-SOPA internet blackout
Reddit plans to shut its doors on January 18th, in support of the anti-SOPA internet blackout.
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Hotmail phishing: Don't send us the wrong password or we'll suspend your...
Did you receive a message saying that Hotmail's email servers were congested, and so they were removing all unused accounts? If so, I hope you responded to the email with a roll of the eyes and a quick...
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Police rescue man and daughter kidnapped by email scammers
A man and his daughter are rescued by police after they were lured to South Africa by a scam email telling them they had won a fortune in a lottery.
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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.
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Ashton Kutcher Foursquare hack witnessed by millions of Twitter users
Are Ashton Kutcher and Lorene Scafaria an item? A hacker would certainly like you to think so.
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Will Twitter donate $1 for every retweet about baby with cancer? No. It's a hoax
Tens of thousands of Twitter users have been tricked into retweeting a message claiming that Twitter will donate $1 per retweet to a baby needing treatment for cancer. Of course, it's a hoax.
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Google Docs - a full-featured, full-service phishing facility?
SophosLabs is warning users not to read too much into docs.google.com URLs. Two scam campaigns this weekend used Google Docs to attack two very different targets. One had big-four Aussie bank ANZ in...
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Zappos turns off phones after up to 24 million customer records exposed
Online shoe and clothing retailer Zappos.com has warned its users that it has suffered a massive data breach, impacting up to 24 million customers.
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Social media, the ultimate career-squasher
A new survey finds that 56% are likely to check out the social media profiles of potential employees. If you want to avoid limiting your career progression, it might be time to clean-up your social...
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Exclusive: How five members of the Koobface malware gang were unmasked
The in-depth story of how five men have been identified as part of the Koobface gang, in a detailed investigation conducted by independent researcher Jan Drömer and Dirk Kollberg of SophosLabs. A...
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Trojan may have stolen data from Japanese space agency
A data-stealing Trojan horse may have smuggled out login information to gain access to a cargo shuttle that carries food and equipment to the International Space Station (ISS).
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How to get around the Wikipedia blackout
There's an easy way to get around Wikipedia's blackout, using a tool which can also boost your online security. Find out how now.
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Has TechCrunch been hacked?
One of TechCrunch's web servers is serving up pages which definitely don't belong at TechCrunch! But it may not be the result of malicious hacking..
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Symantec source code breach saga continues
The wrangle between Indian cybercrew The Lords of Dhamaraja and Symantec over a source code breach in 2006 continues. Whatever happened, the fact remains: this was a cybercrime and the "hackers" are...
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Alleged Russian cybercriminal extradited to the US
A suspected Russian cybercriminal arrived in Manhattan on Tuesday to face charges of security fraud, computer hacking and ID theft after being deported from Switzerland.
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Koobface gang turns off command servers, as Russian police explain lack of...
The publication of a detailed probe into the alleged members of the Koobface malware gang appears to have had an instant impact. But there's no sign that the Russian authorities are planning to...
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The extradition of TVShack's Richard O'Dywer: is it right?
With the another UK citizen facing extradition to the US, this time for copyright offences, should the UK really be doing more to rebalance the US-UK extradition process?
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Successful internet blackout, Zuck tweets, but has Don McLean been ripped off?
As you can't have failed to have noticed, on Wednesday some of the world's most famous websites chose a variety of ways to protest against proposed anti-piracy legislation in the United States.
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Click on an Anonymous link, and you could be DDoS'ing the US government
Anonymous seems to want revenge after the arrest of Megaupload's founders on piracy charges. Take care what links you click on, you could be launching a denial-of-service attack against the US...
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