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Server-side polymorphism: How mutating web malware tries to defeat anti-virus...
Web-based malware dynamically obfuscates itself to try to evade detection by anti-virus software. Watch this video to see it in action.
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Dropbox data breach proves the "One Site, One Password" rule
A couple of weeks ago, Dropbox users started noticing an upturn in spam to email addresses they'd only ever used for Dropbox. Understandably, they wanted to know, "Why?"
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Police can imitate your drug dealer to text you from his phone
A US court has decreed that sending texts using a seized iPhone while impersonating the phone's owner doesn't violate privacy rights.
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Sexy young women entice the unwary in Yahoo dating scam
Ladonna, Lekisha, Solange, Maggie, Lorri, Clorinda, Estefana, the list goes on.. I'd like to thank all of you for your kind (unsolicited) offers to start a relationship.
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Black Hat - Don't stand so close to me: An analysis of the NFC attack surface
In a talk at the Black Hat security conference last week, Charlie Miller unveiled his research into NFC vulnerabilities.
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How to explain phishing to your Grandma [VIDEO]
Have you ever had to explain phishing to your Grandma? Are you tech support for friends and family? If so, then the Sophos Threatsaurus is just what you need. The 2012 edition is hot off the press -...
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Outlook webmail passwords restricted to 16 chars - how does that compare with...
Shouldn't Outlook.com be giving users the option of having longer passwords? That's what Yahoo and Gmail do..
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Facebook: There are over 83 million fake accounts on our site [INFOGRAPHIC]
Facebook has released statistics showing that it believes there are more than 83 million fake accounts on its social network. Read our thoughts, and check out our infographic of how the numbers break...
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Sophos Techknow - Understanding SSL
To many of us, SSL isn't much more than "the padlock in the browser." But how does it work? Who verifies SSL certificates? How do we know we can trust them? What happens if we realise we can't? Duck...
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Facebook hackers pwn baseball team pages, claim NY Yankees captain is having...
A host of Facebook accounts belonging to US baseball teams were hacked yesterday, and defaced with messages in dubious taste, including one which claimed that New York Yankees captain Derek Jeter was...
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Illinois Facebook bill stops employers from requesting workers' passwords
As of January 1, employers who ask for workers' social networking passwords can be fined $200+ in Illinois.
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Poisoned DOC file used in targeted malware attack against military contractor
Firms and organisations are recommended to check that they are keeping up-to-date with their security patches, in the light of a malware attack that was seen today - targeting a defence contractor.
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Olympic malware poses as US Women's Gymnastics scandal video
US gymnast Gabrielle Douglas has won a gold medal at the London Olympics - but a spammed out message claims that she is embroiled in a drug scandal. Should you rush to watch the video? Of course not,...
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Journo totally owned thanks to over-helpful iCloud support
Mat Honan is a living example of Journalism 2.0. Honan has also recently been the victim of a hack - a hack so trivial in some respects that naysayers will probably spend hours telling us that it...
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Mars Rover Curiosity touchdown - and you think you've got latency issues!
Curiosity has landed on Mars. Congratulations to NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory!
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US Pentagon tells Missile Defense Agency workers to quit surfing porn
The agency's director promises to discipline a handful of workers who jeopardized network security by visiting and transmitting x-rated material.
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The Universal Machine - a fascinating history of computers and computer...
Duck's been reading again. This time, it's a book about the history of computing called The Universal Machine, by Kiwi popular science author Ian Watson. Duck rather enjoyed it, so he thought he'd tell...
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Reuters's Twitter, WordPress accounts hacked by apparent pro-Syrian...
The news giant is suspected of falling prey to attackers who took advantage of its running news operations on an insecure, out-of-date WordPress version.
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Mac malware - the threat is real
The Mac malware landscape is dominated by fake anti-viruses and false codecs. Don't be a dummy - defend your mac with anti-virus software.
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Are you a potentially dangerous social misfit (aka not on Facebook)?
While there is no law (yet) to say we all need to be on Facebook, societal norms do play a big part in whether or not we are good bets. Joining Facebook seems to be becoming an increasingly important...
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