Facebook Timeline concerns 51 percent of users

31 Jan, 2012, 10:12 am IST Padmini Harchandrai Social Networking 4 Comments

Facebook is in the process of making the new Timeline format compulsory for every user. However, according ... More

60,000 Facebook account logins compromised everyday

29 Oct, 2011, 11:55 am IST Padmini Harchandrai Social Networking 3 Comments

Security firm, Sophos, posted on its blog that more than 60,000 Facebook account logins everyday are compromised. This comes from figures released by the More

Microsoft Update Look-Alike Threat Doing Rounds: Sophos

11 Jun, 2011, 11:07 am IST Anuradha Shetty General 2 Comments

The security firm has discovered a new Microsoft Update look-alike successful trapping clueless users. More

Virus infections stop as Facebook names suspects

20 Jan, 2012, 3:38 pm IST General 1 Comments

One of the most common sources of computer intrusions has stopped infecting new machines after security researchers working with Facebook released the names of five suspected ringleaders. More

Subliminal Messaging: In a SPAM near you!

07 Sep, 2006, 11:00 am IST Sharon Khare Windows

A new "pump-and-dump" stock spam campaign uses an animated graphic to display a "subliminal" message to potential investors. More

Spammers Use Steve Irwin to Harvest IDs

19 Sep, 2006, 11:00 am IST Sharon Khare Windows

Sophos has warned of a spam campaign designed to harvest email addresses by attracting readers to websites offering topical "video tributes". More

Sophos Urges Adobe to Disable JavaScript

02 Jul, 2010, 10:48 am IST Press Release

This comes following the most recent security update for Adobe Acrobat and Reader. More

Man Held in Hurricane Katrina Phishing Scam

18 Aug, 2006, 3:00 pm IST Sharon Khare

20-year-old Jovany Desir of Miami, Florida, USA, has been accused by a federal grand jury in in Western Pennsylvania in relation to a phishing website... More

Trojan Demands Ransom for Files

02 May, 2006, 11:30 am IST Sharon Khare

Security company Sophos, is warning users about a Trojan horse that prevents victims from accessing their computer data and asks for ransom to be paid... More

Man Sentenced for Blackmailing Via Webcams

05 Sep, 2006, 5:00 pm IST Sharon Khare

Sophos has reported that Adrian Ringland, from the British town of Ilkeston, Derbyshire, has admitted forcing schoolgirls to send him explicit pictures after he infected their computers with a Trojan horse. More

75% Phishing Emails Target PayPal or eBay

28 Jul, 2006, 5:00 pm IST Sharon Khare

Sophos has revealed that over 75% of all phishing emails are targeting users of PayPal or eBay. Experts at SophosLabs scanned all phishing email me... More

Australian Model Scam Spammed Out

06 Sep, 2006, 11:19 am IST Sharon Khare

Security firm Sophos is warning of an identity phishing campaign currently being spammed out in Australia. More

Security firms intrigued by Apple's Gatekeeper

21 Feb, 2012, 12:58 pm IST Padmini Harchandrai Mac OS

Apple's gearing up to make their latest OS, Mountain Lion available for download via the Mac App Store. In the new OS, ... More

Spam Containing Romantic Content on The Rise

22 Aug, 2006, 4:30 pm IST Sharon Khare Mac OS

Experts at SophosLabs, Sophos's global network of virus, spyware and spam analysis centers, have warned computer users to take greater care online, fo... More

Online scammers seek to profit from the death of Steve Jobs

07 Oct, 2011, 2:05 pm IST Mac OS

Online scammers are already attempting to capitalize on the death of Steve Jobs with a bogus offer to Facebook users for free iPads in his memory. More

Sophos Warns of Windows Vista Image Spam

21 Dec, 2006, 12:34 pm IST Sharon Khare Mac OS

Security firm Sophos is reminding users of the threat posed by image spam following a new campaign, offering a cut-price edition of Windows Vista. More

U.S. Tops Security Threat List Yet Again

23 Jan, 2007, 4:21 pm IST Sharon Khare Mac OS

Security firm Sophos has published its Security Threat Report 2007, examining the threat landscape during the previous twelve months. More

Duo Jailed For Infecting 100,000 Computers

21 Dec, 2006, 6:04 pm IST Sharon Khare Mac OS

Two men charged with infecting more than 100,000 computers with a Trojan horse that generated more than 12 million Euros ($15.8 million), have been jailed. More

Credit Card Chargeback Trojan Surfaces

23 Aug, 2006, 3:15 pm IST Sharon Khare Mac OS

Sophos has warned of a Trojan horse that has been spammed out claiming that the recipient's credit card has been charged over 125 pounds. The secur... More

Microsoft To Release Sybari Antigen

07 Jun, 2006, 1:00 pm IST Jayesh Mansukhani

Moving deeper into the security market Microsoft is all set to release a trial version of its Antigen e-mail security software, which is the direct re... More