Linux Australia had a bit of a nightmare Easter Weekend. While the rest of us were loafing at the beach, the Penguinistas from Down Under were owning up to a pretty extensive cyberintrusion.
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The GHOST in the machine – 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
Here’s our weekly one-minute security video. Sending spam, cracking the Blackphone and the GHOST in the machine. Enjoy…
The “Dirty Dozen” SPAMPIONSHIP: Who’s the biggest? Who’s the worst?
We take our quarterly dive into the SophosLabs spamtrap logs to find out who sends the most spam. Six countries made it onto our “worst per person” chart for the first time in a year…find out if you were one of them.
SSCC 172 – Ransomware’s not dead! [PODCAST]
Here’s the latest episode of our weekly security podcast. News you can use!
“Dear ATM, kindly dispense 30 banknotes as a test” – 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
Here’s this week’s 60 Second Security video, for your viewing pleasure. From scammers to spammers in just one minute…
Forget trick-or-treating – Kill a Zombie this Halloween
The crooks can’t have a botnet without the bots to join it. So let’s take their bots away! Killing computer zombies is the perfect sort of altruism: you help the global internet community simply by helping yourself.
How bots and zombies work, and why you should care
You probably have a firewall that blocks inbound network connections by default. So how come cybercrooks can send commands to your computer if it’s infected with a bot or zombie?
Millions of Drupal websites at risk from failure to patch
You should assume that your Drupal 7 website has been compromised if you didn’t patch it within 7 hours of the release of Drupal 7.32 on 15 October 2014.
The “Dirty Dozen” SPAMPIONSHIP – who’s got the biggest zombie problem?
Our latest quarterly SPAMPIONSHIP charts are out, showing which countries have the most zombies, and therefore send the most spam. Take a look, and then ask yourself, “What can I do to help?” Simple: kill-a-zombie today!
Android “Heart App” virus spreads quickly, author arrested within 17 hours
Q. How to attract the attention of the police if you’re a bored student on summer vacation? A. Write a virus that unleashes 20,000,000 SMSes, infects 100,000 devices, and steals personal data…