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We Make Widgets -- Let Someone Else Handle Security


Posted by Chester Wisniewski @ 10:54 AM ET | Jan 20, 2012

If you're a customer-facing organization, then security can't take second place behind your services

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Criminals Make Sure You're Never Really Alone, Even In Self-Checkout Lanes


@ 09:31 AM ET | Dec 15, 2011

Vigilance against card fraud is a 24/7 process, even at the grocery store

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Unprotected SCADA Systems An Avoidable Risk


@ 08:38 AM ET | Nov 30, 2011

Disconnecting SCADA systems from the Internet prevents opportunistic hacking

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Just Because Data Is Portable Doesn’t Make It Safer


@ 08:58 AM ET | Nov 03, 2011

Oracle survey finds most smartphone users believe their data is at risk

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Microsoft Research Shows Malware Infections Mostly 'Your Fault'


@ 11:56 AM ET | Oct 27, 2011

User vigilance is key to securing data, digital identities

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RIM's Biggest Network Disruption Over: Now What?


@ 01:32 PM ET | Oct 17, 2011

Service disruption becoming all too familiar outcome for BlackBerry users

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iTunes Fraud Generates New Publicity, But Who Is Responsible For Online Fraud?


@ 03:52 PM ET | Oct 06, 2011

Consumers should take steps to proactively protect themselves against an attack

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20K Stanford Hospital Emergency Room Patients Have Health Records Posted Online


Posted by Chester Wisniewski @ 08:58 AM ET | Sep 22, 2011

'An ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure' adage rings true

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Lessons Learned From Sony


@ 08:49 PM ET | May 16, 2011

Harsh lessons Sony was taught, and recommendations on how to keep your company out of the headlines

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Lone Star State Learns Valuable DLP Lesson


@ 03:01 PM ET | Apr 25, 2011

The state of Texas has spent nearly $2 million responding to a major data leakage incident. Wouldn't it be cheaper to simply protect our data?

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Mac OS X 10.6.5: 100+ Good Security Reasons To Upgrade, But Tread Carefully


Posted by Graham Cluley @ 05:02 AM ET | Nov 12, 2010

Update includes important security fixes

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Cookies, Social Media And FireSheep


Posted by Beth Jones @ 02:35 PM ET | Oct 26, 2010

We've been seeing a lot of interest in FireSheep, the FireFox add-on that lets you spy on websites. How bad is it really?

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Facebook, Why Don't You Learn A Security Lesson From Apple?


Posted by Graham Cluley @ 08:45 AM ET | Oct 14, 2010

It seems like every day thousands of Facebook users fall into the trap of permitting malicious third-party apps to compromise their accounts.

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Facebook One-Time Password: Gold Or Pyrite?


Posted by Beth Jones @ 02:59 PM ET | Oct 13, 2010

Facebook is rolling out a new security feature that allows users to get a one-time password to log in. The site claims doing so will make "safer to use public computers." Is it really a security gold nugget, as they are saying, or is it just a lump of fool's gold?

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Worker Who Planted Malware Time Bomb At Fannie Mae Faces Prison


Posted by Graham Cluley @ 11:12 AM ET | Oct 07, 2010

As belts tighten and the credit crunch continues to hit around the world, more and more companies will be making the difficult decision to make staff and contractors redundant. But what happens when a disaffected former employee decides to leave your company a parting gift - in the form of data-destroying malware?

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Social Media Scamming -- Are Things Getting Better?


Posted by Beth Jones @ 02:09 PM ET | Oct 04, 2010

I will be the first to admit to using social media for both personal and professional use. And it seems like every other day there's another scam circulating on Facebook (see Graham's blog entry here for the latest) or some news about security and Twitter. But this particular piece is not directly aimed at social media sites, but at the users.

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Microsoft Issues Emergency Patch For ASP.NET


Posted by Graham Cluley @ 08:21 AM ET | Sep 29, 2010

You know a problem is serious if Microsoft decides to release a fix for a vulnerability outside of its normal "Patch Tuesday" monthly schedule.

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4chan Organizes Denial-of-Service Attack Against MPAA


Posted by Graham Cluley @ 10:59 AM ET | Sep 20, 2010

The popular image board 4chan has been implicated in attacks against websites belonging to the entertainment industry.

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Hello From Boston!


Posted by Beth Jones @ 03:51 PM ET | Sep 15, 2010

Hello everyone! You may have noticed this blog has been a bit quiet lately. Seems Graham has been carefully selected by the Doctor to travel the universe in the TARDIS. He's having the time of his life and sent a message back through time to see if I could contribute here. So I'm taking this opportunity to introduce myself. My name is Beth Jones and I'm a Senior Threat Researcher in SophosLabs North America. I manage the day to day research and analysis activities of incoming suspicious malware threats and potentially unwanted applications that arrive in the Lab via Sophos customers, partners and prospects. I've worked in the Boston-based SophosLab facility for more than five years and brings nearly a decade of network security experience to Sophos. I'm looking forward to blogging here and sharing more info/insights from the labs.

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Fake Facebook Dislike Button Latest In A Long Line Of Survey Scams


Posted by Graham Cluley @ 06:45 AM ET | Aug 17, 2010

Facebook users are proving to be easy prey for the current wave of survey scammers.

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Block Windows Shortcut Exploit Without Losing Your Shortcut Icons


Posted by Graham Cluley @ 11:31 AM ET | Jul 26, 2010

Here at SophosLabs we've been working out the best way to protect computer users against the zero-day flaw that has hit all versions of Windows.

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Danger, USB! Questions Raised By CPLINK Zero-Day Vulnerability


Posted by Graham Cluley @ 07:03 AM ET | Jul 20, 2010

Are you taking your USB stick security seriously? That's just one of many questions you ought to be be asking yourself right now.

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Zero-Day Vulnerability Allows USB Malware To Run Automatically


Posted by Graham Cluley @ 10:36 AM ET | Jul 16, 2010

A newly discovered piece of malware has created a buzz in the security industry.

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Beware Of iPhone 4 Spams And Scams


Posted by Graham Cluley @ 06:51 AM ET | Jun 09, 2010

The bad guys are never slow to jump on an opportunity. The latest? The launch of the Apple iPhone 4.

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If I Stick A USB Stick Up My Nose, Does That Mean I'm Virus-Infected?


Posted by Graham Cluley @ 05:34 AM ET | May 27, 2010

A British scientist has claimed to be the first human to be "infected" by a computer virus.

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