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Demo of Snow Leopard stopping Mac OS X malware

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 08:12:00 GMT

How good is the anti-virus in Snow Leopard, the new Apple operating system? See how Mac OS X Snow Leopard can stop malware - and how it compares to anti-virus software. More info at http://www.sophos.com/blogs/gc/g/2009/08/28/snow-leopard-malware-protection/ Feel free to embed the video if you like, it's also available on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCKciRQQ_8o

By SophosLabs

Tags : Apple, Leopard, Mac, Malware, OS, Snow, Sophos, SophosLabs, X, virus

Conficker and April 1st: What's all the fuss about?

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:44:01 GMT

Sean Richmond, senior technology consultant at SophosLabs in Sydney discusses the Conficker worm with security expert Paul Ducklin. Why is there so much interest in what Conficker might do on April Fool's Day? Find out this, and much more, in this discussion. Download a free removal tool for Conficker at http://www.sophos.com/products/free-tools/conficker-removal-tool.html

By SophosLabs

Tags : Conficker, Sophos, SophosLabs, malware

Apple Mac malware: caught on camera

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 11:19:00 GMT

Sophos expert Graham Cluley shows how hackers are setting up websites to infect Apple Mac users with the RSPlug Trojan horse. More information on Graham Cluley's blog at http://www.sophos.com/blogs/gc/g/2009/03/25/apple-mac-malware-caught-camera/ and from Paul Baccas of SophosLabs at http://www.sophos.com/security/blog/2009/03/3710.html Feel free to embed this video on your own websites/blogs/etc. For your convenience, it is also available via YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtesymqs820

By SophosLabs

Tags : Mac, Sophos, SophosLabs, malware

Leighton Meester sex video link leads to malware

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 10:55:05 GMT

Guy Kawasaki's Twitter account is pointing to what claims to be a sex tape video of Gossip Girl actress Leighton Meester, but actually ends up urging you to download malware for your visiting Mac or Windows computer. Find out more at http://www.sophos.com/blogs/gc/g/2009/06/24/leighton-meeter-sex-tape-lure-spread-malware-twitter-users/

By SophosLabs

Tags : Leighton, Malware, Meester, Sophos, SophosLabs, Twitter

Erin Andrews peephole video leads to malware

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 04:58:01 GMT

Hackers are using the Erin Andrews peephole video as a lure to infect you with malware on your Apple Mac or Windows PC. Watch this video from Sophos to find out more. Learn more at http://www.sophos.com/blogs/gc/g/2009/07/19/erin-andrews-peephole-video-spreads-malware/ This video is also on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4qbLKy32rI

By SophosLabs

Tags : Andrews, Erin, Sophos, SophosLabs, malware

Barack Obama's first presidential cyber attack

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 18:23:00 GMT

Hackers exploit Obama-mania to spread malicious Trojan horse via spam email. Find out more on Graham Cluley's blog at http://www.sophos.com/blogs/gc/g/2008/11/05/the-president-elects-first-malware-campaign/

By SophosLabs

Tags : Barack, Obama, President, US, election, horse, malware, sophos, sophoslabs, spam, trojan

Spam: A question of balance

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:51:02 GMT

Sophos computer security experts Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault discuss the latest developments in spam, whilst playing a game of balancing chairs. Learn more at http://www.sophos.com/spamreport

By SophosLabs

Tags : Carole, Cluley, Graham, Sophos, SophosLabs, Theriault, attachments, malicious, malware, spam

Security experts answer key questions at Virus Bulletin 2008

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:17:04 GMT

Anti-virus experts answer questions at the Virus Bulletin conference in Ottawa, October 2008. They discuss the death of anti-virus, lipstick on pigs, and Mikko from F-Secure's ponytail. Includes inteviews with computer security experts from McAfee, Symantec, Sophos, Trend, Frisk, IBM, AVG, Sunbelt and others. Learn more on Graham Cluley's blog at http://www.sophos.com/blogs/gc

By SophosLabs

Tags : 2008, alex, antivirus, avg, bontchev, bridwell, bulletin, carole, cluley, conference, david, dmitry, eckelberry, f-prot, f-secure, fridrik, frisk, graham, gryaznov, hellqvist, hypponen, ibm, larry, malware, mcafee, michael, mikko, neitzel, norton, per, perry, ponytail, skulason, sophos, sophoslabs, st, sunbelt, symantec, theriault, trend, vb, vb2008, vesselin, virus

Sophos Cillit Bang advert spoof

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:35:00 GMT

Sophos staff have some fun spoofing the infamous Cillit Bang British TV advert. Learn more about Sophos at http://www.sophos.com And if you're not familiar with Cillit Bang visit http://www.cillitbang.co.uk/

By SophosLabs

Tags : Bang, Barry, Cillit, Scott, Sophos, SophosLabs, antivirus, malware, virus

Sophos WebAlert - explained with children's toys

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:28:05 GMT

With a selection of children's toys, Sophos security experts demonstrate how it can monitor your website and warn you if hackers have planted viruses or Trojan horses on your website. Learn more at http://www.sophos.com/webalert

By SophosLabs

Tags : Sophos, SophosLabs, WebAlert, injection, malware, spyware, sql, trojan, virus

BusinessWeek website infected by malware

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 08:23:03 GMT

Pages on BusinessWeek magazine's website have been infected by hackers in an attempt to attack readers. Learn more about SQL Injection attacks from experts at Sophos and how you can defend your own website. For more information visit Sophos's website at http://www.sophos.com/blogs/gc/g/2008/09/15/hackers-infect-businessweek-website-via-sql-injection-attack/

By SophosLabs

Tags : BusinessWeek, SQL, hacker, injection, malware, website

Barack Obama Sex Video malware attack

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:51:01 GMT

Sophos describes how hackers are sending out malicious spam emails, trying to infect internet users with the lure of a sex video of presidential candidate Barack Obama. Learn more at http://www.sophos.com/blogs/gc/g/2008/09/10/barack-obama-sex-video

By SophosLabs

Tags : Barack, Obama, Sophos, SophosLabs, email, internet, malware, spam, trojan, virus

When email attachments attack

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 11:49:03 GMT

Sophos describes how an email malware campaign, which poses as an airline e-ticket, is stopped as both spam and a Trojan horse. Learn more on Graham Cluley's blog at http://www.sophos.com/blogs/gc/g/2008/08/01/video-the-e-ticket-email-malware-campaign/

By SophosLabs

Tags : :, Trojan, airline, computer, email, filter, gateway, horse, malware, puremessage, sophos, sophoslabs, ticket, virus

Sophos, Spam, Trojans and Britney Spears on Google Earth

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 11:37:02 GMT

Using Google Earth, Sophos tracks a malware campaign spammed out in 2007, using an image of pop star Britney Spears. Sophos explains how the attack used compromised PCs around the world to install a banking Trojan horse. [Note, there is no soundtrack on this video]

By SophosLabs

Tags : britney, earth, google, horse, malware, sophos, sophoslabs, spam, spears, trojan, worms

The CNN Video Malware Attack

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 07:51:01 GMT

Emails claiming to be breaking news and video stories from CNN, actually link to malicious downloads designed to infect your PC. Graham Cluley from SophosLabs demonstrates the campaign. Find out more on Graham Cluley's blog at http://www.sophos.com/blogs/gc/g/2008/08/07/exposed-cnn-top-ten-video-malware/

By SophosLabs

Tags : breaking, cnn, horse, malware, news, sophos, sophoslabs, trojan, virus