August
Turkish authorities identify 16 more suspects in Zotob case, Sophos reports Turkish authorities are said to have identitifed further suspects connected with the Zotob worm case. 30 August 2005
Arrested Zotob worm suspect linked to over 20 other viruses, Sophos reports The suspected author of the Zotob worm, arrested in Turkey, has been linked to versions of the Mytob worm. 30 August 2005
Two men arrested in connection with worm which hit high profile media companies, Sophos reports 18-year-old Farid Essebar and 21-year-old Atilla Ekici have been arrested in connection with the Zotob worm oubreak which affected a number of large media companies last week. 26 August 2005
Sophos warns of countries sending out mixed message to criminal hackers Sophos has warned that different countries' approach to sentencing hackers and virus writers is sending out a dangerous message to future potential criminal, as Jasmine Singh is sentenced for launching... 26 August 2005
Spyware worm steals usernames and passwords from fantasy role-playing gamers, Sophos reports A new spyware worm is designed to steal usernames and passwords from players of a massive multi-player internet role-playing game. 24 August 2005
15 months jail for man who sold email addresses to spammers, Sophos reports Jason Smathers, 25, has been sentenced to 15 months for stealing 92 million email addresses from AOL. 19 August 2005
TÜV certifies effectiveness of Sophos Anti-Virus for second year running Once again TÜV has confirmed in tests the effectiveness of Sophos's anti-virus solutions. The scan engine proved itself with excellent test results and a 100% virus detection rate. 19 August 2005
PC users point the finger at Microsoft over latest virus outbreak, Sophos reports 35% of respondents in a poll conducted by Sophos felt that Microsoft was to blame for recent worm outbreaks 18 August 2005
Sophos comment: Why "good worms" are a bad idea Paul Ducklin of SophosLabs explains why using a virus to spread a security patch is a very bad idea. 18 August 2005
War of the worms: Malware fights for control of insecure computers, Sophos reports The latest Zotob worm attempts to take control of compromised PCs away from other malicious code. 17 August 2005
Breaking news: worm attacks CNN, ABC, The Financial Times, and The New York Times A worm is reported to have disrupted computers at media organizations in North America and Europe. 16 August 2005
More worms target new Microsoft vulnerability, as Zotob turns to email attack The Zotob-C and Tilebot-F worms exploit the recently discovered MS05-039 Microsoft security vulnerability. 16 August 2005
Sophos's new PhishAlert™ Service fights online fraud Sophos, a world leader in network security, announced the availability of Sophos PhishAlert™ an early-warning system that proactively informs
organizations of new phishing scams that target their... 16 August 2005
Hackers release Zotob worms to exploit new Microsoft security vulnerability, Sophos reports The Zotob worms spread by exploiting a security hole reported by Microsoft last week. 14 August 2005
Phishers use wheelchair-bound old lady to target eBay Good Samaritans, Sophos reports A phishing campaign which pretends to be a mesage from an 87-year-old woman is really a ruse to steal money from eBay users. 12 August 2005
Lax lured by phishing fax-backs - Sophos warns of latest internet fraud trend A new phishing campaign urges recipients to respond with their banking information and credit card details by fax. 10 August 2005
Microsoft anti-spam win a minor blip on Richter scale, says Sophos Sophos welcomes the news that a $7 million settlement has been reached with a notorious spammer, but is doubtful that consumers will notice much difference in their email inboxes. 10 August 2005
Microsoft issues three critical security patches, Sophos reports Microsoft has issued six security updates yesterday, three of which are critical. The critical patches address remote code execution flaws in Internet Explorer, Plug and Play as well as in Windows's Print... 10 August 2005
Iranian nuclear crisis report disguises malicious Trojan horse attack, Sophos reports A breaking news report spammed across the internet links to a malicious website. 9 August 2005
Sophos customers protected against "first Windows Vista viruses" The Modan viruses do not pose a serious threat to computer users. 5 August 2005
Sick Trojan spam attack poses as news about American marine deaths in Iraq, Sophos reports A spam campaign claims to contain breaking news of developments on the conflict in Iraq, but is really designed to launch a malware attack against innocent computer users. 4 August 2005
Sophos identifies the most prevalent spam categories of 2005 Sophos has revealed the results of its research into the most prominent spam categories during the first six months of 2005.
3 August 2005
Sick 419 scammers use name of London bombing victim in attempt to steal money, Sophos reports Scammers are exploiting the death of a man in the recent London bombings in an attempt to steal money. 2 August 2005
Sophos Anti-Virus wins 29th Virus Bulletin 100% award Sophos Anti-Virus has been awarded the VB 100% award in the August 2005 edition of Virus Bulletin. This is the 29th time Sophos Anti-Virus has won a VB 100% award, confirming its position as one of the most... 1 August 2005
Top ten viruses and hoaxes reported to Sophos in July 2005 Sophos, a world leader in protecting businesses against viruses, spyware and spam, has revealed the top ten viruses and hoaxes causing problems for businesses around the world during the month of July 2005. 1 August 2005
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