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04 Feb 2009

Sophos Talks Internet Security on Boston’s Channel 5 Chronicle Show

BOSTON, Mass. - January 30, 2009, IT security and control firm, Sophos, announced that SophosLabs security expert, Richard Wang, appeared on WCVBBoston's Channel 5 Chronicle show. The show's focus was Internet Security and several local security vendors and experts shared their expertise and advice with viewers.


Richard Wang, SophosLabs

Security experts provided advice on how consumers can better protect their PCs and how to avoid being a victim of identity theft. Sophos contributed several demonstrations for the show, including a map view of zombie computers in the US, what scareware and phishing are and how cybercriminals use these tactics to steal personal information for financial gain.

About Sophos

More than 100 million users in 150 countries rely on Sophos as the best protection against complex threats and data loss. Sophos is committed to providing complete security solutions that are simple to deploy, manage, and use and that deliver the industry's lowest total cost of ownership. Sophos offers award-winning encryption, endpoint security, web, email, mobile and network security solutions backed by SophosLabs - a global network of threat intelligence centers.

Sophos is headquartered in Boston, US and Oxford, UK. More information is available at www.sophos.com.