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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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Compromised Twitter accounts spam out money-making adverts

01

Aug

2011

Compromised Twitter accounts are once again being used by criminals to spam out adverts to unsuspecting users. In the latest attack, Direct Messages (DMs) have been sent between Twitter users promoting a “make money fast” website. A typical message looks like this: I made $XXX today – check out how I made it [LINK] (In […]

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How Sophos got 100,000 fans on Facebook

05

Jul

2011

At about 10 o’clock last night, UK time, we honked a horn here at Naked Security in celebration. Not because it was July 4th and US Independence Day (although, we’re very happy to raise a glass to our American readers for that) but because Sophos passed a milestone on its Facebook page. 100,000 fans. Huzzah! […]

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