Sophos and Facebook argue about the extent of the malware threat on the social network. – Facebook is sparring with security firm Sophos over a threat report touching on malware on social networks.
In a report looking back (PDF) on 2010, Sophos reported that a survey of 1,273 people in December 2010 found 40 percent had been sent malware via social networks, up from 36 percent in De…
To protect Mac users against the increasing number of Mac-based malware attacks, Sophos will offer consumers a free version of its antivirus package. – Sophos will be offering a free version of its antivirus
software for Macintosh home users, the company said on Nov. 2.
Mac OS users can no longer afford to be complacent about
viruses and other Web threats as hackers are adopting new tactics to reach
non-PC users, according to Sophos officials. …
A report by Sophos named the United States as the culprit responsible for relaying nearly a fifth of the world’s spam. – As if being the leading home for botnets wasn’t enough, a new report from
Sophos named the United States
as the top
spam-relaying country for the third quarter of the year.
According to Sophos, between July and September, the United
States was responsible for relaying 18.6
percent of all spam,…
Researchers at Sophos say Apple Ping has been hit by scams familiar to users of other social networks such as Facebook and Twitter. – Spammers jumped out the gate quickly with survey scams aimed at users of Ping, Apple’s new iTunes social network.
Ping launched Sept. 1 with the goal of creating a social network for the more than 160 million users of iTunes. However according to Sophos,
the service has been hit with a barrage of…
Sophos has bolstered its security with a tweaked approach to the cloud in the upcoming release of Sophos Endpoint Security and Data Protection 9.5. – Sophos has strengthened its cloud-based analytic capabilities to protect endpoints from malware and malicious websites.
In Sophos Endpoint Security and Data Protection 9.5, Sophos has
added what it calls quot;Live Protection, quot; a new spin on the companys
approach to the cloud. Rather than…
Sixty percent of respondents to a Sophos poll say they are considering quitting Facebook due to privacy fears. For businesses concerned about employee behavior and security, it is important to have a policy in place to govern behavior on social networks. – A poll by Sophos, discussed by Senior Technology Consultant Graham Cluley
May 19, demonstrated that the level of public dissatisfaction with Facebook
privacy policies may be reaching
a boiling point.
Of
roughly 1,600 people surveyed, 60 percent said it is either quot;highly
likely quot; or …
Sophos Endpoint Security and Data Protection 9 is a solid contender in the enterprise endpoint security market. Deployment and management are strong points in this version of the suite, with a streamlined and straightforward management GUI.
– More and more corporate endpoint devices need to be protected
against an increasing number of threats. Many of the suites designed to
offer protection began life simply as antivirus or firewall
applications. New functionality–such as application, data and device
control–has been added to addre…
Security solutions have had to bulk up to meet increasing threats against endpoints. Some have done it efficiently, while others have turned into a hodgepodge of services. Sophos Endpoint Security and Data Protection 9 is squarely in the former category, providing a sleek and easy-to-manage system for protecting enterprise endpoints.
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A 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.
– Sophos Senior Security Adviser Chester Wisniewski caused a
stir Nov. 3 when he repeated claims that Microsoft had rendered the Windows
7 User Account Control feature ineffective. To back this up, Wisniewski
cited a test he had run in which numerous pieces of malware
ran on Windows 7 without gene…
A researcher at Sophos reports putting Windows 7′s User Account Control feature to the test and finding the technology failed to block numerous pieces of malware. Microsoft, however, stresses that UAC is only one part of Windows 7′s security.
– A researcher at Sophos called the UAC feature in Windows 7
ineffective after numerous pieces of malware snuck by the technology in a test.
Microsoft first introduced User
Account Control in Windows Vista to improve security. After some users
complained the number of alerts it generated were an…
