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1. Rickrolling worm infects jailbroken iPhones

   (Security/Security Features)

   ... installing SSH," explained Sophos security researcher Graham Cluley. "Once in place, the worm appears to attempt to find other iPhones on the mobile phone network that are similarly vulnerable and installs ...

2. Scammers exploit Swayzee death

   (Security/Security Features)

   ... tracking; it also seems to redirect anyone going back to the website for a second look, so you can't return to the exact same page." According to Sophos, the fake anti-virus program is the Troj/FakeAI-L ...

3. Jackson's death sparks wave of spam

   (Security/Security Features)

   ... perfect vehicle for spammers to snare vulnerable computer users," said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at security firm Sophos. "We've also discovered cybcercriminals taking advantage of the ...

4. Phone scams and virus 'epidemic' could be just round the corner

   (Security/Security Features)

   ... much smaller. Graham Clueley, senior technology consultant with security firm Sophos, agreed that if one operating system were to dominate it would make a 'pandemic' almost inevitable. But, he said, ...

5. Conficker #3: It’s Y2K all over again, perhaps

   (Security/Security Features)

   ... or next Wednesday or in August," Graham Cluley of security software firm Sophos told Cnet. The April 1 message in the Conficker-C code may have been overrated in the end. "This was such an invisible change ...

6. Google/Virgin venture, custom time creation part of April Fool's

   (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

   Google and Virgin have joined up to settle on Mars by the year 2050, Sophos can now recognize hackers based on their webcam videos and Gmail has managed to create an e-flux capacitor to send e-mails to ...

7. Spammers hit YouTube

   (Security/Security Features)

   Spammers have found a way to use YouTube’s “Invite a friend” service to send out ad-laden emails.  According to the security experts at Sophos, the spam bypasses traditional email ...

8. Spammers use images to avoid spam filters

   (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

   Security software firm Sophos has published an updated version of its "dirty dozen" list of spam relaying countries. Among the main trends during the second quarter are image files that are used by spammers ...

9. First recorded Mac OS X worm meets a well-prepared user community

   (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

   ... it. According to Sophos Labs, the worm spreads itself by distributing copies of its compressed payload to users in an infected system's buddy list. Once uncompressed, the payload disguises itself as a ...

10. Sophos' Graham Cluley: The end of the widespread virus era is at hand

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    As the threat of serious damage from what was supposed to have been a widespread outbreak of the Nyxem virus, subsides, Sophos' senior consultant Graham Cluley spoke with TG Daily about the changing nature ...

11. Sophos: Zero damage reports from Nyxem 'February 3' virus

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Sophos Labs' senior technology consultant Graham Cluley told TG Daily this morning that the total number of incident reports called in to his company, as a result of the impact of the Nyxem/'Kama Sutra' ...

12. Sony BMG to revise XCP uninstaller procedure, claims DNS propagation estimates "flawed"

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... software. Today, Sophos Labs senior technology consultant Graham Cluley told us Kaminsky's claims may be difficult to verify. "I'm afraid we can't confirm Dan Kaminsky's 'guesstimate' on how many computers ...

13. Sophos discovers two Trojans hiding behind Sony BMG DRM

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

      As the Sony BMG DRM affair continues to unfold by the hour, British security software firm Sophos today discovered two Trojan horse packages that can leverage the DRM package's stealth capabilities ...

14. Hackers crack two-factor security

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    ... two-factor authentication is not secure enough to curb internet banking fraud. "Two-factor is good, but hackers are responding," said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at Sophos." Read the complete ...

15. New computer virus for voyeurs

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    ... virus, called Rbot-GR, isn't spreading much, according to antivirus firm Sophos. Still, the technique is "creepy," says spokesman Graham Cluley, and it brings digital voyeurism to new heights. Read the ...