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• Sophos Partners with Bit.ly to Provide Extra Security

  
  Takes On Tech — Authority: 143
  IT security and data protection firm Sophos announced that it has entered into an agreement with bit.ly, a utility used to shorten, share, and track links, to assist them in protecting users against visiting webpages that may contain a malware, spam or phishing threat. According to Sophos, 23,500 new infected ...
  7 hours ago

• Bit.ly users get protection against malware and spam (V3.co.uk via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

  
  Adam Dicker | Domain Expert — Authority: 162
  Shortened URL service bit.ly has announced it is working with security vendors Sophos, Websense and VeriSign to boost the integrity of the service and protect users against spam and malware. See the original post: Bit.ly users get protection against malware and spam (V3.co.uk via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
  1 day ago

• Bit.ly Is Battling Spam With The Help Of VeriSign, Sophos, and Websense

  
  Pulse2 - Technology News And Reviews — Authority: 514
  Bit.ly is the biggest URL shortening service thanks to the popularity of Twitter.  Given that websites and files are masked by Bit.ly, spammers and virus artists are taking advantage of the situation.  A normal message may be followed by a Bit.ly URL that links to a malicious website.  In a blog post from earlier ...
  1 day ago

• What’s Behind That Short Link? Bit.ly Steps Up Its Efforts To Sniff Out Spam.

  
  TechCrunch — Authority: 888
  With the rise of Twitter, we’ve also seen the rise of link shorteners (standard URLS take up too many characters). The king of the link shorteners right now is bit.ly , which is the default shortener on Twitter and accounts for more than 75 percent of all short URLs on the service. Every month, bit.ly shortens ...
  1 day ago

• What’s Behind That Short Link? Bit.ly Steps Up Its Efforts To Sniff Out Spam.

  
  Technology Pundit — Authority: 170
  With the rise of Twitter, we’ve also seen the rise of link shorteners (standard URLS take up too many characters). The king of the link shorteners right now is bit.ly , which is the default shortener on Twitter and accounts for more than 75 percent of all short URLs on the service.
  1 day ago

• iPhone Virus-Writer’s New Job: Building iPhone Apps

  
  Threat Level — Authority: 762
  An Australian youth who created a worm that attacked iPhone users has been hired by a company that creates applications for the iPhone. At least one security professional expressed displeasure that the malware author has been rewarded for his hack attack. Ashley Towns, a 21-year-old student who goes by the names ...
  1 day ago

• iPhone worm author really goes to work

  
  Family Learning Center — Authority: 163
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  5 days ago

• Virus Attacks iPhone To Steal ING Online Banking Account

  
  SEO Blog & Technology — Authority: 122
  T here is another malicious iPhone virus which is now attacking jailbroken iPhone with OpenSSH enabled and still using default root password (which is alpine). This virus will gain access to personal information in order to steal your sensitive information, the bad news is it is targeting ING bank customers (if ...
  6 days ago

• A New iPhone Worm is Here, And This Time its Malicious [WAR

  
  Computer & Internet - computer-internet.marc8.com — Authority: 168
  A couple of weeks ago, the first iPhone worm appeared, Now, according to early reports of strange activity by Dutch ISP XS4ALL, and later confirmed by Sophos, there’s a new worm in the wild, and this one is far more malicious..........
  1 week ago

• New iPhone Worm Means Business

  
  The Blogs at HowStuffWorks TechStuff — Authority: 121
  Mobile devices arent usually the first targets you might think of when it comes to viruses, worms and Trojans. In fact, you could probably be forgiven for not knowing they exist at all. But I think that the recent popularity of smart phones with the consumer market may bring with it an interest in programming malware ...
  1 week ago

• Symantec: We Don’t Fear Free DLP

  
  The VAR Guy — Authority: 506
  When Sophos introduced free data loss prevention (DLP) security software in October 2009, The VAR Guy promised to poke around and get some competitive reactions. Well, our resident blogger is finally back with thoughts from Symantec CEO Enrique Salem and Channel Chief Randy Cochran. Here are their perspectives. ...
  2 weeks ago

• Online gangs cash in on swine flu

  
  DISC Infosec blog — Authority: 410
  Image by Bearman2007 via FlickrBy Kate Kelland Kate KellandLONDON (Reuters) – Criminal gangs are making millions of dollars out of the H1N1 flu pandemic by selling fake flu drugs over the internet,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
  2 weeks ago

• Microsoft Defends Windows 7 Security After Sophos Test

  
  Windows 2008 Security — Authority: 154
  Microsoft executive accuses security company Sophos of sensationalizing claims that Windows 7’s User Account Control is ineffective at fighting malware. Sophos counters that its goal was merely to show that UAC may not provide the level of protection some might expect The rest is here: Microsoft Defends Windows 7 ...
  3 weeks ago

• Rick Astley Image Eats up Jailbroken iPhones in Australia

  
  Consumer Escort — Authority: 125
  A number of owners of Jailbroken Apple iPhones in Australia have reportedly complained of a worm that’s been invading their units, thereby affecting the dedicated servers embedded in the system. According to reports, an image of eighties pop icon Rick Astley has been seen replacing the wallpapers in the phone. ...
  3 weeks ago

• Rickroll iPhone worm for jailbroken iPhones…. got it?

  
  Desinformado.com — Authority: 440
  Sophos, the anti-virus company is reporting about a possible infection for jailbroken iPhone of the Rickroll worm that changes the iphone wallpaper with the picture of Rick Astley, it appears to be a proof of concept, but Sophos is recommending to all iphone users with jailbroken ipod touch and iphones that change ...
  3 weeks ago

• 1st Self-Perpetuating iPhone Worm – a Jailbreak coming of Astley story

  
  TouchMyApps — Authority: 528
  Thanks to the in security of a majority of the Jailbreaked community, Rick Astley is Rick Rolling Australian iPhones. The worm, dubbed Ikee does more than photocopy a goeey mug of the smooth and sexy singer; it safaris itself around local networks, looking for other infectable iPhones to plaster. Fortunately, the ...
  3 weeks ago

• Rick Astley Worm Appears for Jailbroken iPhones

  
  O'Grady's PowerPage - Your Mobile Technology Destination — Authority: 501
  When your iPhone’s been rickrolled, that’s saying something. Per CNET , reports started spreading this weekend that iPhone users in Australia had been falling victim to “ikee,” a worm that replaces default wallpaper with a picture of Rick Astley, the British pop singer whose song “Never Gonna Give You ...
  3 weeks ago

• Windows 7 Vulnerability Claims

  
  Windows 2008 Security — Authority: 154
  Now that Windows 7 is available, a recent blog by Chester Wisnieski (who works at security vendor Sophos), entitled Windows 7 vulnerable to 8 out of 10 viruses , which has stirred some interest. Here’s a quick summary for those who missed Chester’s blog. During a test SophosLabs conducted, they subjected Windows 7 ...
  3 weeks ago

• A proposed student social media protest campaign for NYSCATE

  
  Moving at the Speed of Creativity — Authority: 555
  Sylvia Martinez is spot on in her post today, “ Students are not the enemy .” Shame on the vendor and vendor representative, Sophos and Chris Ridgway , for sharing an upcoming session at NYSCATE (The New York State Association for Computers and Technologies in Education) conference titled, “ The Enemy ...
  3 weeks ago

• Sophos Tests Show Windows 7 Still Needs Anti-Malware (Duh!)

  
  Security Watch — Authority: 546
  Test results published by Sophos show that Windows 7s (UAC) User Account Control does not prevent execution of 8 of 10 malware samples they chose . The conclusion: Windows 7 still needs anti-malware protection.I hesitated to write about this for a while because its such a phony story. Nobody ever claimed that Windows ...
  3 weeks ago

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