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Sophos UK raises over £8000 for Comic Relief 2011
Sophos has been supporting Comic Relief for six years now. This year, we held a space hopper race. More than 30 racers, many in fancy dress, bounced their hearts out in a 100m hop. Read more…
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PHP 5.3.6 released - Fixes 5 security flaws
The PHP Group has released a set of bug fixes and security udpates to their ubiquitous PHP software. Web administrators should read through the change logs and update as soon as possible. Read the...
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What's in a domain name?
Was Microsoft's Bing search engine poisoned for one of Microsoft's own products? Maybe not, but there is a lesson here to be learned for internet marketers. Simply representing your brand can help...
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Privacy International's accusations against Skype - Paul Ducklin responds
Naked Security's own Paul Ducklin was a guest on this week's Risky Business podcast by Patrick Gray. Paul provides a well reasoned opinion on the accusations leveled at Skype by Privacy International...
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Italian law firm knowingly serves up infected web pages
If you got a call from a legitimate security source informing you that your website was infected, would you take action? I certainly would, which is why I am rather frustrated when we take time to...
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Major cyber attack hits EU Commission and EEAS days before Brussels summit...
A "serious cyber attack", similar to those we saw against France's finance ministry earlier this month, has hit the EU Commission and European External Action Service (EEAS). Read more…
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Apple's XProtect updated in OS X 10.6.7
When Apple released their most recent patch for OS X, 10.6.7, they slipped in a little extra feature. This time they have updated XProtect, their basic anti-virus component, to detect one more unwanted...
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TripAdvisor admits to database security breach
Popular travel website TripAdvisor is the latest well-known brand to 'fess up to a security breach. This one isn't a "red alert", since only email addresses were stolen, but it's an embarrassing thing...
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Firefox joins Chrome in supporting HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS)
The second and third most popular browsers on the internet now support an enhanced security feature called HSTS. Read on to learn what HSTS is and how it provides an additional layer of security. Read...
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Chinese mobile malware controversy: Are Feiliu and Netqin in cahoots?
According to Mobile Crunch, Chinese mobile security firm NetQin are accused of secretly installing malware. But it turns out that the story might be a little bit more complicated than that. Read more…
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Opinion: Thief punished through YouTube and Facebook's Social Ad campaign
Earlier this week, i wrote an article about the unexpected dangers of photo-tagging having real life consequences for people. A few more stories emerged this week that raise questions around social...
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When a Facebook friend gets Clickjacked, what should you do?
Last night, I checked my FaceBook page and noticed a strange post from a friend. The page had all the characteristics of a Facebook ClickJacking page: A link to an amusing/salacious video but in...
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Malvertising resurfaces on Spotify and Facebook
Malicious advertisements hit both Spotify and Facebook in the last 48 hours. Unfortunately, there is no such thing as safe surfing, as most sites are comprised of external content. On occasion even...
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Apple users left to defend themselves against certificate attacks
Apple users have largely been left unprotected against the recent issuance of fraudulent SSL certificates by Comodo. Learn how to configure your Mac to defend against bogus SSL certificates. Read more…
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Italian Facebook likejacking targets more than 107,000 users and Facebook...
Facebook likejacking scams have hit more than 107,000 Italians. New scams proclaiming that Facebook is overcapacity try to convince you to "Confirm your activity" and even give advice on how to disable...
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MySQL.com and Sun hacked through SQL injection
Proving that no website is ever truly secure, it is being reported that MySQL.com has succumbed to a SQL injection attack. Read more…
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Comodo hacker outs himself, claims "no relation to Iranian Cyber Army"
Iranian hacker admits to the recent security breach at Comodo SSL. Aside from his delusional ramblings, it appears he may in fact be the hacker who compromised their systems and reveals how easy the...
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Epsilon email address megaleak hands customers' customers to spammers
US direct marketing company Epsilon has been forced to admit to an email address leakage, apparently on an impressive scale. Watch out for the scams and spams that may follow as a result. Read more…
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My Facebook wall has been viewed X times - viral survey scam spreads rapidly
Do you want to know the total number of times that your Facebook wall has been viewed? Are you curious as to who may be stalking you on Facebook? If so, you're a prime candidate for scammers who are...
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Millions of Facebook users invited to scam events, as spammers exploit social...
Spammers have invited millions of Facebook users to bogus events on the social network, in their latest attempt to generate income from online survey scams. Bogus events, earning money for spammers,...
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