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Tavis Ormandy and Sophos

05

Aug

2011

As a security company keeping our customers safe is our primary responsibility, therefore we investigate all vulnerability reports and implement the best course of action in order to protect our customers. Recently, researcher Tavis Ormandy contacted us about an examination he was doing of Sophos’s anti-virus product – not in terms of possible vulnerabilities – […]

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Trojan attack warning for Counter-Strike fans

05

Aug

2011

Doctor Web-the Russian anti-virus vendor-has discovered a new scheme for infesting user machines with malware. This time fans of Counter-Strike 1.6 have become the target. As a player connects to one of the game servers, downloading of files containing Trojan horses is initiated.Typically, when a connection with a Counter-Strike server is established, the client downloads […]

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Sophos Security Threat Report Update reveals 2011’s top threats so far

02

Aug

2011

Sophos has just published its Mid-Year 2011 Security Threat Report [PDF]. Highlights of the report include the following: a 60% increase in malware over 2010, with Sophos seeing more than 150,000 new malware samples every day – that is one every 0.5 seconds. 19,000 malicious webpages are now identified daily, with 80% being pages on […]

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