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Formspring hacked, 28 million users told to change their passwords
Formspring is the latest in the seemingly unending list of websites to have suffered a security breach - with the password hashes of at least 420,000 users compromised and posted to the internet.
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Hacked email accounts unleash waves of weight loss spam
A weight loss spam campaign, being sent from hacked email accounts, is being seen in extremely high numbers. SophosLabs expert Fraser Howard investigates.
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Disable Windows Sidebar and Gadgets NOW on Vista and Windows 7. Microsoft...
Users of Windows Vista and Windows 7 have been advised to completely disable their Windows Sidebar and Gadgets, in response to what appears to be a serious security risk.
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Yahoo Voices hacked, nearly half a million emails and passwords stolen
Yahoo Voices suffers a serious security breach, with over 450,000 unencrypted usernames and passwords posted online by hackers.
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Watch Sophos's James Lyne audition for TED2013
Sophos's James Lyne recently auditioned to present at next year's main TED conference in Long Beach California: "The Young. The Wise. The Undiscovered." Take a look and see what you think. Watch his...
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Hidden government scanners could soon analyze your every molecule
The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) are planning on new-style airport security which will be able to beam a laser at us from 164 feet away. Without having to pat us down, without us even...
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NVIDIA and Android Forums hacked, users advised to change passwords
Yet more websites suffer security breaches, allowing hackers to make off with users' information.
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The worst passwords you could ever choose exposed by Yahoo Voices hack
Ninja? Princess? 123456? Too many internet users are making poor decisions when choosing their passwords.
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Practical IT: handling perimeter expansion and disintegration
All it takes is a single successful drive-by-download or malicious email and an attacker has full control over a computer in your company. Your network firewall, focused on blocking attacks from the...
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SSCC 94 - internet meltdown, Microsoft's XML exploit patch, malware in the...
Paul Ducklin joins Chet once again to discuss the latest security news. This week's topics include DNS Changer, Patch Tuesday, Find and Call, San Diego's fireworks fiasco and password breaches
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Apple's App Store bypassed by Russian hacker, leaving developers out of pocket
A Russian hacker has created a website you can use to make fraudulent in-app purchases on your iPad or your iPhone. This is a pretty big blow to Apple - especially at a time when it is facing criticism...
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Cybercrime trio sentenced for $3m hacking spree via WiFi and malware
A Seattle hacking triumvirate has received a collective quarter-century behind bars. With a combination of wardriving and malware implantation, they made off with $3m plundered from company accounts -...
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Facebook users can now see if and when you have read their group posts....
Facebook quietly introduced new functionality onto its site last week that could have some worried about their online privacy. The social network is rolling out the ability to see if and when someone...
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Angry hacker threatened ISP... with an axe
A 29-year-old man has admitted hacking into an ISP's servers and deleting data belonging to the business, after he threatened to burn down its offices and menaced a company director with an axe. Temper...
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How Facebook catches would-be child molesters by analyzing relationships and...
Law enforcement is hailing Facebook for using its little-known data monitoring technology to spot a suspicious conversation about sex between a man in his early thirties and a 13-year-old girl from...
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Which browser is safest? The browser wars are back and this time you win
The upcoming releases of Internet Explorer 10, Firefox 14 and Chrome 21 are all fighting for our attention and using security as the reason why.
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18 months later, and Facebook still failing to stop Profile Viewer rogue apps
Facebook does not give you any way to find out who has been viewing your profile. Any application or link which claims it can reveal to you who has should be treated with great suspicion.
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How PDFs can infect your computer via Adobe Reader vulnerabilities [VIDEO]
Adobe PDF vulnerability exploitation caught on camera. Sophos security expert Chet WIsniewski demonstrates how malicious PDFs can infect your computer.
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Malware spread as Facebook photo tag notification
Be wary of emails claiming to be from Facebook, and saying that you have been tagged in a photograph. Malicious hackers are once again using the Blackhole exploit kit to infect the computers of...
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Microsoft muffs up browser choices for Windows 7 users, Europe isn't happy
Although ordered to let Windows users choose which browser they would prefer, a Microsoft "technical error" meant 28 million Windows 7 users were given no choice at all.
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