If you would prefer to receive this email as text only, please follow this link. Sophos enews: the newswire which brings you up-to-the-minute reports on virus, spyware and spam issues, new Sophos products and enhancements. Twitter users hit by Chatwebcamfree attack after accounts compromised ---- Users of Twitter were struck by invitations to visit an adult webcam website this weekend, after accounts were broken into by hackers. Find out more about the security breach, and what action you should take if you were a victim. http://www.sophos.com/blogs/gc/g/2009/03/06/chatwebcamfree-attack Hackers disguise malware as Google News report of baseball death ---- Tragic baseball player John C Odom became known to millions across America when he was traded for ten maple bats, before his death from an accidental overdose last year. Now heartless hackers have set up a website pretending to be a Google News search result about Odom's death, installing malicious software onto your computer. Discover more about the threat now. http://www.sophos.com/blogs/gc/g/2009/03/06/hackers-disguise-malware Would a botnet king make a good security employee? ---- Do you properly check the workers you employ to manage your sensitive security systems? The ones responsible for securing your data, and that of your customers? Could there be a hacker working in your midst? Find out about what happened to the man who admitted infecting 250,000 PCs and stole the bank account details of thousands, *before* he got a job in an IT company. http://www.sophos.com/blogs/gc/g/2009/03/06/botnet-master-good-security-employee Brainbox Hermione Granger doesn't think Twitter is wizard ---- Actress Emma Watson, star of the Harry Potter movies, has spoken out about the Twitter micro-blogging site after false reports emanated from the website about her. Find out more about how easy it is to create a fake personality online - even of a celebrity. http://www.sophos.com/blogs/gc/g/2009/03/09/emma-watson-condemns-twitter Follow Sophos security experts on Twitter! ---- Want to follow our experts on Twitter? Just follow these links and join Graham Cluley and SophosLabs in conversation about the latest threats. Just a couple of clicks is all it takes to follow us. http://www.twitter.com/gcluley http://www.twitter.com/sophoslabs |