Naked Security - Sophos

Anatomy of an exploit - six, in fact - as Google reveals details of Pwnium hack against Chrome

Paul Ducklin — Thu, 24 May 2012 01:30:20 +0000

Breaking into a browser isn't as easy as it was a few years ago. Back then, many browsers ran as a single monolithic process which could be leapt in a single bound. That's unusual these days, so this is a hacking story of considerable derring-do.

Comcast users phished by Constant Guard spam lure

Chester Wisniewski — Wed, 23 May 2012 23:16:34 +0000

A round of phishing emails is targeting Comcast cable internet users purporting to be a security service from the company called Constant Guard.

Has Google said your PC is infected with DNS Changer malware?

Graham Cluley — Wed, 23 May 2012 13:59:07 +0000

Google is warns searchers that they could lose internet access on July 9th if they were hit by the DNS Changer malware - but could cybercriminals mimic the internet giant's warning for their own nefarious ends?

Bredolab: Jail for man who masterminded botnet of 30 million computers

Graham Cluley — Wed, 23 May 2012 10:56:30 +0000

A man who was in command of a botnet of some 30 million computers worldwide has been sentenced to four years jail in Armenia.

Rock-and-roll Google celebrates analog computing - and Bob Moog

Paul Ducklin — Wed, 23 May 2012 01:51:33 +0000

Today's Google Doodle celebrates what would have been Bob Moog's 78th birthday. Moog was a pioneer in electronic music, using transistors to build analog computers. Are today's digital computers superior to their analog counterparts?

Gorbachev is NOT dead - false news spreads on Twitter again

Graham Cluley — Tue, 22 May 2012 15:58:36 +0000

Many Twitter users have repeated the "news" today about the death of Mikhail Gorbachev, the former Soviet statesman. Let's not let the truth get in the way of a good story..

Multiply multilingual - Email scams aren't just from Nigeria

Graham Cluley — Tue, 22 May 2012 15:24:02 +0000

They used to be called "Letters from Nigeria", but it's not such a good name these days. Because they can come from any corner of the world, in a multitude of languages.

Wales announces World's First Wikipedia Town

Paul Ducklin — Tue, 22 May 2012 05:36:13 +0000

You might not yet have heard of Wikipedia GLAM. It's a project targeting galleries, libraries, archives and museums, aimed at "improving Wikipedia's coverage of topics related to the cultural sector". Intriguingly, GLAM has just notched up its first Wikipedia Town.

Is it a Norton or an AOL phishing scam?

Joshua Long — Tue, 22 May 2012 00:39:34 +0000

A recent phishing scam targets Norton users... or is that AOL users? It seems the cybercriminals can't quite decide.

SSCC 91 - Utah explains data breach, Facebook hacker jailed, FlashBack removal for Leopard, Pentagon expands data sharing

Chester Wisniewski — Mon, 21 May 2012 19:49:45 +0000

This week's Chet Chat returns to our usual news format this week with guest Gary Korhonen (@hundredaire). Gary and Chet discuss the Utah data breach, Facebook hacker's prison term, OS X Leopard's FlashBack removal tool, Pentagon data sharing and Operation Phish Phry sentencing.