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Romanian hackers busted with half a MILLION credit cards from Australia - how...
A Romanian carding crew allegedly made off with half a million Aussie credit card numbers, racking up charges averaging more than $1000 each on 30,000 of them. Half a MILLION cards from Australia. And...
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W32/VBNA-X worm spreads quickly through networks and removable media
A new particularly virulent version of the malware family known as W32/VBNA (also SillyFDC/Autorun) is spreading very quickly. It takes advantage of Windows Autorun and some very clever social...
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Albania Pirate Group thrown off Facebook for second time in a month
Hackers who have been sharing information publicly on Facebook about how to break into computer systems have had their pages shut down for the second time in a month.
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Facebook hacks its workers into Hacktober smithereens
Slimy worms! Disguised as Facebook news! Unleashed on unsuspecting Facebook employees - by its own engineering team! This was the second year that Facebook celebrated Hacktober, a month-long feast of...
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Technical paper: Journey inside the Blackhole exploit kit
Do you want to learn more about the exploit kit that is arguably responsible for the most malware infections this year? Well read the latest technical paper from SophosLabs, where Gabor Szappanos...
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Hacker attack siphons off $150,000 in teacher salaries from payroll systems
Hackers used the Thanksgiving holiday to launch a crafty attack against a local school district in the state of Wisconsin, compromising a direct deposit system, and stealing $150,000 intended for...
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Sophos staff win Movember contest while raising money for prostate cancer...
Sophos Vancouver steps up to raise funds for men's health research and wins some contests in the process.
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Monday review - the hot 24 stories of the week
Here you go. All the stories we wrote in the past seven days, in case you missed anything (or just want to read them again).
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Malware found sucking up data on new Japanese space agency rocket
Malware discovered on a Japanese space agency desktop computer has been stealing data on Epsilon - a new, AI-enabled rocket - and beaming it to controllers outside the agency. It's only the latest in a...
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Facebook Photo Sync: Nine things you should know
Facebook has introduced a new feature for iPhone, iPad and Android users which means you can automatically sync any photos you take on your mobile device with your Facebook account. Here's what you...
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Dockster Mac malware found on Dalai Lama-related website
Mac malware has been found on a website related to the Dalai Lama, capable of allowing hackers to steal files and spy on keystrokes.
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Tumblr worm hitting websites, posting identical message from GNAA
Tumblr is hit by a massive hack attack, as many webpages are defaced with a message from the GNAA.
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How the Tumblr worm spread so quickly
SophosLabs explains how today's Tumblr worm was able to spread so quickly.
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Fugitive John McAfee's location revealed by photo meta-data screw-up
Has EXIF data tripped up the founder of one of the world's most well known security firms, as he runs from the police in Belize?
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Sophos Security Threat Report 2013 - the safest and riskiest countries revealed
Download the free Sophos Security Threat Report, looking back over 2012 and exploring what security threats and trends we will all be facing tomorrow.
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Use Instagram on your iPhone? Your account can be hijacked, claims security...
A security researcher has published a proof-of-concept attack on Instagram for iOS that would allow malicious users to remotely hijack victims' accounts, delete or download photos, and tinker with...
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PayPal phishing scams - take care of yourself online this Christmas
PayPal users are being targeted in what is a now-typical pattern of phishing against the global payment service. The trick is short and simple: you receive an email "acknowledging" a smallish payment....
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The Citadel crimeware kit - under the microscope
Ever since the source code of Zeus/Zbot leaked in May 2011, many new variants have appeared. One particularly prevalent example is Citadel. James Wyke of SophosLabs puts it under the microscope....
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US woman arrested for bank robbery brags on YouTube about robbing a bank
A woman tells, in a YouTube video, how she stole a car, smoked the marijuana found therein, robbed a bank, is a victim of the government, and told her mother it was the "best day of her life." She was...
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Exploit kits, the biggest threat on the web, are being fed by whitehat...
When security researchers make available proof of concept code to demonstrate vulnerabilities, are they actually supporting the malicious exploit kit authors? SophosLabs expert Gabor Szappanos shows...
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