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Sophos sucks? Being insulted by malware authors can be the best reward
Sometimes things can get a little personal when dealing with the huge volume of malware that is discovered every day.
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357 arrested in massive cybercrime sting in Philippines
Police in the Philippines have arrested more than 350 Chinese and Taiwanese nationals in a massive sting operation against a phone-based account takeover scam.
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Oracle releases out of cycle fixes for Java
Oracle has released an emergency update fixing four vulnerabilities affecting both Java 6 and Java 7 users.
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Guild Wars 2 accounts shuttered due to gold-seller hacking and idiocy
There are two causes of the account lock-outs: first, ArenaNet is trying to run a civilized environment without Holocaust jokes, gay-bashing and the like, and second, gold sellers have hacked accounts...
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Phishing without a webpage - researcher reveals how a link *itself* can be...
Can you phish without a phishing page? Research by a student at the University of Oslo in Norway finds that, with the help of a trusty URI, ‘Yes, you can.’
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Android SMS malware firm fined £50,000 and ordered to refund victims
A Moscow-based firm has been ordered to refund victims who lost money as a result of Android malware.
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Facebook glitch lets spear phishers impersonate users' friends and family
Facebook blames a "temporary misconfiguration" for allowing spammers to get their hands on users' personal details and then pose as trusted friends to lure victims into clicking. But is the problem...
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Sophos Techknow - All about Java
Java brings with it some significant risks, yet for many people, it's "just there on my computer." In this episode, Duck and Chet tell you All about Java, and help you to make an informed decision in...
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Monday review: the hot 27 stories of last week
It's weekly roundup time - here's everything we published in the last seven days.
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Google releases Chrome 21, shells out $3,500 for security holes
The folks at the Googleplex have released the newest update to the Chrome browser. The new version, 21, fixes three high priority security issues in the popular web browser, Google disclosed on Friday.
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Which web browser do you recommend? [POLL]
As browser makers beef up security in their products - which product do you recommend to friends who want to surf the web more safely?
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Child abuse photo collector forgets to encrypt his USB stick - Bad security...
Sometimes some good can come from poor computer security.
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Attacks on Java security hole hidden in bogus Microsoft Services Agreement email
Online scammers are using a recent email from Microsoft Corp. as bait in a widespread phishing campaign that exploits vulnerabilities in Oracle’s Java software to install malicious programs on...
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12 million iPhone and iPad device IDs hacked from the FBI, Anonymous claims
Hackers claim to have stolen a database of 12,367,232 Apple device IDs, and personal information such as full names, cellphone numbers, addresses and zipcodes belonging to iPhone and iPad users. And...
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Do you have a special email address for websites that might send you spam?...
Spam isn't all about Viagra and fake degrees.. you may also be struggling to handle unwanted email from websites that you signed-up for years ago. Are you taking steps to avoid giving your regular...
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RoMOS - Russia rolls its own secure tablet because it doesn't trust Google...
Increasingly concerned about its reliance on Western mobile technologies and data networks, the Russian government this week announced that a government sponsored project has produced a secure tablet...
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FBI hits back at Anonymous - your claims are TOTALLY FALSE
FBI pwned? Had UDID data? Sez who?
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Free-press organisations targeted in malware attack
Malware hid in a message supposedly from a colleague at a sister free-press group, slipping past anti-virus in a password-protected Zip file. Nothing says it was a state-sponsored attack, but who else...
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Watch this - the funniest spam video you'll ever see [VIDEO]
The folks at "Glove and Boots" manage to make what could be a tremendously dry topic, funny and informative instead.
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Bitcoin exchange floored in virtual bank robbery - $250,000 stolen in...
Bitfloor, the fourth-largest Bitcoin-to-US$ exchange, recently imploded following a security breach. The cause of the breach was a temporary security lapse during a system upgrade.
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