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Student fined for spying on woman with webcam Trojan, Sophos reports A Spanish computer science student has been fined by a Spanish court for spying on a young woman via her webcam. 28 February 2005
Sophos and Akonix partner to provide virus protection Sophos, a global leader in network security, and Akonix Systems Inc. today announced a partnership that provides Akonix customers with Sophos's best-of-breed anti-virus protection against internet-borne... 28 February 2005
Bropia-R instant messaging worm is no joke, reports Sophos The Bropia-R worm spreads via MSN Messenger instant messaging, displaying a comical picture. 25 February 2005
Security update issued for Firefox web browser, Sophos reports Users of the Firefox web browser should update to protect themselves from a security vulnerability. 25 February 2005
Microsoft sues Israel's #1 spam suspect According to media reports, Microsoft has filed a 2.5 million shekels (approximately half a million US dollars) law suit against a man suspected of being Israel's leading spammer. 23 February 2005
IIA appoints Sophos's Forsyth to board Sophos Australia and New Zealand Managing Director, Rob Forsyth, has been appointed to the board of directors of the Internet Industry Association (IIA), Australia's peak industry organisation in the... 23 February 2005
Sophos appoints new UK sales and marketing director Sophos, a world leader in protecting businesses against viruses and spam, has appointed Stuart Small as UK sales and marketing director. 23 February 2005
Sober up - Paris Hilton email worm on the rise, says Sophos The Sober-K email worm is reported to be spreading widely. 22 February 2005
Deja vu as worm rekindles old love letter trick, Sophos reports on Assiral email virus The W32/Assiral-A worm poses as a love letter in an attempt to infect computer users. 21 February 2005
Paris Hilton emails may be infected by a virus, Sophos reports The Sober-K and Ahker-C worms claim to contain hardcore footage of party girl Paris Hilton. 21 February 2005
New York man arrested in spam case, Sophos reports An 18-year old man from New York has been arrested at Los Angeles International airport in connection with sending over a million spam messages. 18 February 2005
New version of MyDoom-O spreading in the wild, Sophos reports on the return of the worm A new version of the MyDoom worm has emerged, attempting to use search engines to spread itself. 17 February 2005
Serbian virus has a political agenda, Sophos reports The Deadcode virus, which appears to be linked to a Serbian nationalist movement, is displaying a political slogan on infected computers. 16 February 2005
Sophos enterprise solutions add proactive threat detection and address complexity of threats Sophos announces the latest edition of Sophos enterprise solutions. 15 February 2005
Worm attack teenager sentenced to three year's probation, Sophos reports A youth was sentenced on Friday 11 February to three year's probation by a US district court in connection with a computer worm that attacked Microsoft's website. 14 February 2005
Love is in the air for spammers in run-up to Valentine's Day, Sophos calls for consumer boycott Anti-spam experts at Sophos are calling on consumers to boycott companies who try to sell them goods via spam in the run-up to St Valentine's Day on Monday 14 February. 11 February 2005
Sophos PureMessage named Best Security Solution finalist for LinuxWorld's Product Excellence Awards Sophos, a global leader in network security, announced today that its gateway solution, PureMessage has been named a finalist for the LinuxWorld Product Excellence Awards in the Best Security Solution... 11 February 2005
Microsoft graphic security problem - are you patched? Sophos advises customers to patch now Malicious code which exploits a vulnerability associated with PNG graphic files has been posted on the internet, less than 48 hours after Microsoft issued a patch. 10 February 2005
Viruses break computers' hearts with Valentine's greetings, reports Sophos Sophos is urging computer users to remain vigilant against the threat of viruses during the run up to Valentine's Day. 10 February 2005
Sophos joins Cisco Network Admission Control (NAC) program Sophos has joined the Network Admission Control (NAC) program. 10 February 2005
First Trojan to attack Microsoft anti-spyware product discovered, reports Sophos The BankAsh-A Trojan horse targets online banking customers, and attempts to disable the Microsoft AntiSpyware product. 9 February 2005
Microsoft warns of critical security flaws in its software Microsoft releases details of critical new security vulnerabilities in its Microsoft Windows software. 9 February 2005
Sophos CTO to speak at RSA 2005 Conference Sophos, a global leader in anti-virus, anti-spam and policy-based network security, today announced that Richard Jacobs, Chief Technology Officer, will deliver a presentation at RSA 2005, titled "The... 9 February 2005
Sophos grows at more than twice market rate with 36% increase in turnover Sophos has experienced strong market demand for its converged security products, with an increase in turnover of 36% to £55.5 million for the year ended March 2004. 7 February 2005
Spammers exploit Harry Potter to make money fast, reports Sophos Anti-spam experts at Sophos have discovered a spam campaign attempting to recruit internet users to a "make money fast" scheme by exploiting the popular fictional boy wizard, Harry Potter. 7 February 2005
Man pleads guilty to stealing 92 million AOL email addresses, Sophos reports on spam case A 24-year-old former AOL employee, has pleaded guilty to stealing a list of 92 million email addresses of the ISP's customers and selling it to spammers for $28,000. 7 February 2005
Blackpool man arrested for phishing, Sophos reports British police have arrested a 21-year-old man suspected of running an email phishing scam from his home in Lytham, near Blackpool. 4 February 2005
Bropia-D instant messaging worm offers poultry reward, Sophos reports The latest version of the Bropia worm spreads via instant messaging and plans pictures of a sunburnt chicken. 3 February 2005
Virus disguised as Saddam Hussein death photographs, Sophos reports The Bobax-H worm pretends to contain photographic evidence that Saddam Hussein has been killed whilst trying to escape from custody. 3 February 2005
53% feel Blaster-B worm author jail sentence was not harsh enough, reveals Sophos poll A web poll of more than 250 business PC users, conducted by Sophos, has revealed that 53% believe that last week's sentencing of Blaster-B author Jeffrey Parson was not harsh enough. 2 February 2005
The worm that gurned - email virus pulls a funny face, Sophos reports A worm that displays a picture of a man gurning is designed to allow hackers to take remote control of Windows PCs. 1 February 2005
Top ten viruses and hoaxes reported to Sophos in January 2005 Sophos reports the top ten viruses and hoaxes during January 2005. 1 February 2005
Top ten viruses and hoaxes reported to Sophos in January 2005 Sophos, a global leader in network security, has published a report revealing the top ten viruses and hoaxes that caused problems for businesses around the world during the month of January 2005. 1 February 2005
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