Is Britney Spears dead or has she been Twitter-hacked?

Tasteless hackers posted a message to Britney Spears's two million followers on Twitter,
saying that the star had died. Experts at Sophos report that a vulnerability in the third
party service TwitPic is likely to be the route by which the hackers were able to plant
their offensive message. Find out more about the attack now.

http://www.sophos.com/blogs/gc/g/2009/06/29/britney-spears-dead-hacked

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Gossip Girl sex tape lure spreads Mac and Windows malware

The Twitter account of former Apple evangelist and celebrity blogger Guy Kawasaki published a link to a webpage claiming to contain an adult video of TV star Leighton Meester on Tuesday.
However, anyone visiting the page could find themselves infected with a Mac or Windows Trojan
horse. Find out more about how Kawasaki's 140,000 followers were put at risk in our video.

http://www.sophos.com/blogs/gc/g/2009/06/24/leighton

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Was Lindsay Lohan's Twitter account hacked?

Was she or wasn't she? That's the question being asked about Hollywood celebrity Lindsay Lohan
who says that a Twitter posting about Justin Timberlake did not come from her fair hands, but from a hacker instead. Read more about the incident, and make sure your own passwords are
properly secured.

http://www.sophos.com/blogs/gc/g/2009/06/22/lindsay-lohans-twitter

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So you want a job? Just hand over your passwords.

The City of Bozeman in Montana found itsel in the media spotlight last week after it was revealed that it had been insisting job seekers must not only reveal if they have accounts with the likes of Facebook, MySpace, Yahoo, Google and YouTube, but must also hand over their user ids and passwords. Discover why that is such a bad idea, and how the city eventually saw sense.

http://www.sophos.com/blogs/gc/g/2009/06/20/job-give-social-networking-passwords

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iPhone OS 3.0 brings 46 security patches

According to an advisory on Apple's website, iPhone OS 3.0 patches 46 vulnerabilities, including some that could potentially allow hackers to run malicious code on a user's iPhone or iPod Touch if they visited a booby-trapped website or viewed a specially-crafted image file. Find out more and ensure your mobile device is properly protected.

http://www.sophos.com/blogs/gc/g/2009/06/18/apple-update-fixes-46

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Is Friends Reunited taking password security seriously?

Popular school reunion website Friends Reunited is disappointing some by exposing portions of users' passwords, and make sure your own websites aren't exhibiting similar behavior.

http://www.sophos.com/blogs/gc/g/2009/06/15/friends-password-security

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Firefox and Google Chrome receive fixes for security vulnerabilities

Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox have been updated to fix a number of security vulnerabilities which, if exploited, could be used by hackers to run malicious code on your computers. Users of the web browsers are advised to update their systems as soon as possible. Discover more about the threat now.

http://www.sophos.com/blogs/gc/g/2009/06/12/security-updates-chrome-firefox

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Adobe releases its critical security patches

Adobe has released a fix for 13 different vulnerabilities in its Adobe Reader and Acrobat software, widely used to handle PDF files. It's critical that you patch your software as if a hacker exploited the vulnerabilities they could cause your computer to crash or run malicious code that could take over your system. Read more now.

http://www.sophos.com/blogs/gc/g/2009/06/10/adobe-releases-patch-tuesday

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Video: Twitter goes off the rails with the Twittertrain

If someone promised they could get you hundreds of new followers on Twitter every day would you believe them? Would you be prepared to hand over your Twitter username and password to them? Find out how an advert for a website called Twittertrain was spammed out from hundreds of innocent Twitter users' accounts, and how you can avoid it happening to you in future.

http://www.sophos.com/blogs/gc/g/2009/06/05/rails-twitter-passwords

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How to make Windows 7 more secure

Sophos security expert Chester Wisniewski takes an early look at Windows 7's security, and finds it lacking. Find out ways in which Windows 7 could be improved by Microsoft, before it's officially released.

http://www.sophos.com/blogs/gc/g/2009/06/03/guest-blog-windows-7

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9 out of 10 work PCs fail on basic security

Unpatched and unprotected - that's the story being heard loud and clear following the publishing of research by Sophos into the state of security of PCs at thousands of different companies. Find out which security patches your users are least likely to have in place, and how many people have a firewall - but fatally don't have it properly enabled.

http://www.sophos.com/blogs/gc/g/2009/06/02/ten-work-pcs-fail-basic-security

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UPS malware attack bombards inboxes with dangerous attachment

In the early hours of June, computer users were deluged with a malicious spam campaign spreading a Trojan horse. The emails, which claim to come from UPS, lure you into opening an attachment believing it to be information about a failed delivery. Discover more, and ensure that you are defended.

http://www.sophos.com/blogs/gc/g/2009/06/01/week-failed-delivery

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