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4Chan vandalises Tea Party website, reveals private donors
Graham Cluley at Sophos pointed out that this seems to instead be a website set up for a regional division of the Tea Party. -
Security experts urge the world + dog to wise up about data
Ollie Hart, head of public sector at security company Sophos, agrees. But it is not a simple problem to tackle. According to Hart, there must be a fine balance between the carrot and the stick. -
600,000 Macs compromised by Flashback botnet
Apple has now released a patch that should squash the vulnerability. Whether or not Apple users will rush to protect their machines is another matter. Earlier this week, Sophos' Graham Cluley urged users to be vigilant. -
Mac users urged to wake up from faith based security dream
Graham Cluley at Sophos told Macworld UK - which also details other threats, full report here - that Windows users are much more likely to have their antivirus programs up to date, whereas Mac users are slipping into complacency and don't have that "valuable safety net -
Bishop preaches spiritual security
According to Graham Cluley at security company Sophos, using the Bible as a source is "not the best idea. -
Anonymous gives Panda two black eyes
Rival insecurity outfit Sophos reported the attack which appears to be a response to a Panda Security blog post about the LulzSec arrests titled "Where is the lulz now? -
Symantec's PCAnywhere becomes PCEverywhere
Security expert at Sophos, Graham Cluley, believes that it is a threat which faces all firms, and it is a constant battle to stay one step ahead of hackers. -
Anonymous leaves FBI, Scotland Yard utterly red-faced
Security expert at Sophos, Graham Cluley, highlighted the astounding nature of Anonymous’ latest hack: “It is extraordinary - incredibly audacious,” he told TechEye. -
MPs demand cyber crime awareness campaign
Security experts at Sophosbacked the moves. "Simple, easy-to-understand language is by far the best way to help computer users understand how to protect themselves online, and we are keen supporters of the government-backed GetSafeOnline website,” security expert Graham Cluley said. -
Grey market entrepreneurs turn trojans into profit
AnalysisSecurity outfit Sophos has an excellent investigation revealing the mistakes the men made, which is available to read here. But what Koobface really demonstrated is the link between those irritating spam posts you wish your friends wouldn't fall for. -
Government email strategy has to be open and transparent
“Clearly private email accounts do not generally have the same security controls as those in a corporate and particularly a government environment,” said Graeme Stewart at security analysts Sophos. -
GCHQ spy boss warns over "disturbing" cyber attacks
According to security expert Graham Cluley at Sophos, the government needs to ensure that defences are kept up on an individual level in order to keep up the constant battle of fending off cyber attacks. -
Embarrassing Microsoft security boots Chrome
According to security expert Graham Cluley at Sophos it is an embarrassing mistake from the Microsoft team, which managed to overlook Chrome in its tests. -
Linux community hit by malware attacks
It is thought that the breach is connected to a previous intrusion on another Linux community site, kernel.org. According to Paul Ducklin at Sophos, the Linux Foundation and Kernel.org are “internet neighbours in the 140.211.169.0/25 network block -
iPhones and iPads vulnerable to nine year old flaw
Chet Wisniewski, a security researcher with UK based Sophos said that all the user needs to do is to take their phone into a public wi-fi hotspot and they are toast, he said. -
World is at war - with data
Graham Cluley, Senior Technology Consultant at Sophos, told us: “We’re already in a data cold war. -
Toshiba becomes latest hack victim - customers targeted
Graham Cluley, Senior Technology Consultant at Sophos however, pointed out that the company could have been targeted for financial gains. -
NOTW malware attack would be a breeze
AnalysisAs mentioned in his blog, security expert at Sophos Graham Cluley believes it's probable such methods were used to obtain information illegally.
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