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Sophos Anti-Virus offers free protection for Mac

Sophos has launched a free anti-virus program for the Mac. Sophos Anti-Virus Home Edition for Mac is designed to tackle what the company calls the growing concern over Mac targeted malware... more

“Here you have” adult movie worm causes corporate chaos

A new mass-mailing worm has been spreading quickly, with security experts from McAfee to Sophos issuing warnings about the virus. It’s been dubbed the “Here you have” worm as that’s the.. more

Sophos and Symantec issue Scareware warnings

Security firm Symantec has warned travelers using public internet-access terminals to be aware of possible Scareware attacks. One of its software engineers noticed that a terminal in an unnamed UK airport.. more

Warning over Facebook “Dislike” button scam

Facebook users be warned that a new application which installs a “Dislike” button is a scam. The social network has a “Like” button for users to approve of something, and this plays upon the similarity to that, claiming to offer an “official” alternative to liking... more

Two-thirds of the public back cyber-spying

It seems that when it comes to covert online activities, the majority of folks are happy for their government to get its cyber-hands dirty. That’s the conclusion drawn by security firm Sophos, which has just published its mid-2010 Security Threat Report. Surveying just over 1000.. more

UK races up the spam charts

The amount of spam coming from the UK is increasing, with the country moving up the league table of spammers which is kept by security firm Sophos. The USA is top of the chart for April to June 2010, with 15.2% of spam originating from.. more

Optenet and Sophos partner on web security

Optenet, a pioneer and global leader of enabling SaaS offerings and delivering “on-premise” security solutions, today announced its global strategic partnership with IT security and data protection firm Sophos. The strategic partnership sees Sophos’ first-class anti-virus scanning functionality fully integrated into Optenet’s flagship Web and.. more

America top of spam table, UK is ninth

So where does most of the world’s spam come from? From Minnesota in America, actually. Home of the Hormel Foods Corporation who make the dubiously coloured and textured meat product we all know and, er, know. (It’s coming back in fashion though – thanks recession!)... more

Twitter users not laughing at Lol scam

A phishing scheme is targeting Twitter users in an attempt to steal their passwords and use their accounts to spread spam. The scheme is being referred to as the “Lol” scam, because it is set up with a message which starts with that phrase. Variants.. more

Serious worm hits jail-broken iPhones

The second ever iPhone worm has turned up, and this one is far more serious than the previous joke effort which merely deposited a picture of Rik Astley. The worm, dubbed “duh”, targets online banking users, attempting to siphon off information (presumably password details). “Duh”.. more