September

• Windows and Mac users warned of PowerPoint security problemReports circulate of new unpatched vulnerability in Microsoft's code.
  28 September 2006
• Sophos launches security industry's first fully-integrated anti-virus and application control solutionGrowing concern among system administrators about potential impact of VoIP, IM and P2P on enterprise networks.
  27 September 2006
• Application Control explained in latest Sophos podcastJohn Shaw, Group Product Manager at Sophos, discusses how Sophos can help companies control which applications their employees can use.
  27 September 2006
• Microsoft breaks monthly patch cycle to release VML exploit fixCritical zero day vulnerability patched by Microsoft, users urged to update their security as soon as possible.
  26 September 2006
• Spreading Stration worm pretends to be security patchViral emails pose as worm warning and fix.
  25 September 2006
• Sophos VP of IT discusses security policies in latest podcastCharles Southey, vice president of IT at Sophos, is interviewed by Carole Theriault.
  20 September 2006
• Exploited: Microsoft users warned of unpatched zero day flaw in Internet ExplorerVulnerability in Vector Markup Language can allow hackers to run code on Windows computers.
  20 September 2006
• Vote for Sophos! SC Magazine's Readers Trust Award 2007Cast your vote now for Sophos Endpoint Security and Sophos ES4000 appliance.
  19 September 2006
• Sophos Inc names Michael Rogers as new VP of Channel SalesFormer McAfee executive to lead North American channel operations.
  19 September 2006
• Australia's Volunteer Coast Guards protected by SophosSophos Anti-Virus solution deployed at 63 command centers around Australian coast.
  18 September 2006
• Steve Irwin video tribute designed to collect email addressesVideo tribute to TV Crocodile Hunter is designed to harvest email addresses for spam.
  18 September 2006
• Spammers pose as chain mail researchers to harvest email addressesSophos encourages users to "break the chain" as scam is revealed.
  14 September 2006
• Critical security hole in Microsoft Publisher could allow remote code executionCompanies and home users urged to apply patches as Microsoft issues security updates for September 2006.
  12 September 2006
• Jail for Zotob worm gang who hit CNN and New York TimesCybercriminals plotted to make money by infecting innocent users from infected computer users.
  12 September 2006
• Man investigated for sending two billion Viagra spam emailsAustralian and Dutch authorities investigate spam campaign.
  12 September 2006
• When is a phish not a phish? Warning over "anti-phishing" scamVisiting fake news.com.au website downloads malicious Trojan horse.
  12 September 2006
• Hackers may get second chance to benefit from Second Life security breachPlayers of global online game asked to change their passwords, but other accounts may be at risk.
  11 September 2006
• German universities trust Sophos to protect against viruses, spyware and spamMore than 500,000 users at universities in Northrhine-Westphalia select Sophos.
  11 September 2006
• Spamming casinos use nudity to lure gamblersSpam email points computer users to gambling websites.
  8 September 2006
• Sophos experts to present at Virus Bulletin 2006 conference in MontrealSpam and malware experts from SophosLabs speak at industry event.
  6 September 2006
• Spammers use subliminal messages in latest pump-and-dump scamsThe pump-and-dump stock spam campaign uses an animated graphic to display a "subliminal" message to potential investors.
  6 September 2006
• Australians warned not to fall for model scam spamAn identity phishing campaign claiming to be from a modeling agency has been spammed out in Australia.
  5 September 2006
• New twist as spammers offer to help companies cheat the stock marketCriminals offer to boost companies' stock price by up to 250 percent.
  4 September 2006
• Man admits blackmailing schoolgirls via webcam spywareBritish man forced schoolgirls to send him explicit pictures after he infected their computers with a Trojan horse.
  1 September 2006
• Top ten malware threats and hoaxes reported to Sophos in August 2006Continued reign of old timers suggests security messages fail to get through
  1 September 2006

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