Posts Tagged ‘Sophos’
IN THE HEADLINES: Google Wallet — An Update
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● September 30, 2011
It’s been a few months since I blogged about the announcement of Google Wallet, Google’s ambitious plan to replace credit cards, checks and other payments with a simple app on your smart phone. Well it’s here now, even if just in a limited way, and we have a better idea of what Google Wallet security [...]
IN THE HEADLINES: Gmail, Yahoo! Mail and Hotmail All Vulnerable to Hackers
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● June 21, 2011
Over the last four years Gmail has grown to nearly 200 million monthly users worldwide, attracted not only by all its great features but by the fact that it’s free. And for the same reason so many hackers are attracted to Facebook, criminals target services like Gmail because they provide access to so many users [...]
IN THE HEADLINES: Beware of Android Malware Fake Fix
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● March 22, 2011
Last week I wrote about how the DroidDream Trojan had quickly turned into a nightmare for Android based phones worldwide. Luckily Google quickly announced the availability of a security download designed to clean dozens of Trojan-infected apps from smartphones. And just as quickly, the criminal underground released its own version of Google’s Trojan remover that [...]
IN THE HEADLINES: The Dawn of the Mac Attack
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● March 16, 2011
It’s here, finally. The threat everyone — or at least Mac users — said would never happen. Security experts have just discovered what appears to be the first serious Trojan backdoor developed specifically for the Mac. So now Mac users can feel just as special and vulnerable as the rest of us. According to researchers, [...]
Weekly News Wrap-Up for 18 June 2010
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● June 18, 2010
Can your business have its identity stolen? Identity theft is usually thought of as an individual, personal crime. While businesses often end up picking up the costs, thieves rarely focus on businesses as the target of their cloning. That’s changing. Identity theft is based on impersonation – stealing or otherwise acquiring information about a real [...]
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