Trojans Target Unpatched IE Flaw
News These Trojans could "download anything, including a 'banker Trojan' that gives up your bank details", according to a Sophos spokesperson. Sophos warned that the Trojans could be downloaded onto a user's computer if they visited a specially crafted...
[December 5, 2005, 14:05]
Hijacked PCs Blamed For A Third Of Spam
News One third of all spam circulating the Web is relayed through PCs that have been compromised by Remote Access Trojans (RATs), according to corporate spam and antivirus company, Sophos. Graham Cluley, a senior technology consultant for Sophos, said...
[December 3, 2003, 13:50]
Sobig Blamed For Fourfold Rise In Spam
News Graham Cluley, a senior technology consultant for Sophos estimated that around a third of spam was relayed through "hijacked computers" because of Remote Access Trojans (RAT), which are files that give control of a PC to an attacker.
[December 9, 2003, 9:40]
Criminals Send Malware Levels Soaring
News There's been a shift towards Trojans to make money," said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at Sophos. Security firm Sophos has seen a dramatic rise in the number of viruses, worms and Trojan horses this year as more organised criminals...
[July 4, 2005, 17:25]
Forget Bagle, The Real Threat Is Home Users
News Corporate spam and antivirus company Sophos last month estimated that one-third of all spam circulating the Web is relayed through PCs that have been compromised by Remote Access Trojans (RATs). Graham Cluley, a senior technology consultant for...
[January 23, 2004, 15:20]
Microsoft Replaces OneCare With Free Product
News Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at Sophos, said the news doesn't affect his security firm because it focuses on the enterprise market. Code-named Morro, the new offering will be available in the second half of 2009 and will protect...
[November 19, 2008, 7:35]
'Swiss Army Knife' Virus Appears In A Weekend
News Sophos said it had seen a high number of the messages at the Internet gateway, which implied that they had initially been spammed out. It's exploiting a hole for which there is not a fix," said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant for Sophos.
[November 9, 2004, 13:53]
TomTom Ships Malware On Sat-nav
News Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at antivirus vendor Sophos, said the devices could have become infected during the quality assurance process. Winder reported that when a user complained to TomTom about the security breach, he was told...
[January 29, 2007, 12:49]
UK Users Targeted By Banking Trojan
News The company said that as of Monday, only five security applications - UNA, VBA32, Sophos, NOD32 version 2 and eTrust-Vet - were able to detect the threat. The company said that as of Monday, only five security applications - UNA, VBA32, Sophos...
[March 27, 2006, 9:05]
Trojan Horse Uses War As Cover
News According to antivirus firm Sophos, the worm was carried in a file called "PentagonSecret.xls.exe" and the email's body text asked: "Do you believe you are safe from the Pentagon of the E.U? Sean Richmond, senior technology consultant at Sophos...
[October 26, 2004, 11:30]
