Top technology blog TechCrunch has been hacked for the second time in 24 hours, with visitors being greeted by an offensive message directed at site founder Michael Arrington. More information and screenshots at Sophos's blog:TechCrunch hacked again
Will you help in the fight against the killer zombies this Halloween?
Members of the public seem all too willing to give a complete stranger their full name, date of birth and email address. Watch as they are then asked what identity theft is.. Learn more about the social experiment at www.sophos.com/blogs/gc/g/2009/10/19/video-stealing-identities-street-easy/
Hackers have created malicious websites posing as information about the death of Dirty Dancing actor Patrick Swayze. Take care not to visit the dangerous sites, or fool for the bogus security messages that try and defraud you. Learn more at http://www.sophos.com/blogs/gc/g/2009/09/15/patrick-swayzes-death-exploited-scareware-hackers/
Hackers are using the Erin Andrews peephole video as a lure to infect you with malware on your Apple Mac or Windows PC. Watch this video from Sophos to find out more. Learn more at http://www.sophos.com/blogs/gc/g/2009/07/19/erin-andrews-peephole-video-spreads-malware/
The top ten cities around with the highest proportion of Klingon-speakers have been revealed. Find out more at http://www.sophos.com/blogs/gc/g/2009/05/21/helsinki-named-klingonspeaking-capital-world/ and download Klingon Anti-Virus.
The Klingons take on the classic Village People song "YMCA" in this mash-up video. Also, a chance to see anti-virus software, running in the Klingon language! Learn more at http://www.sophos.com/klingon
Thousands of Twitter users are warning each other about what appears to be a fast-moving attack affecting the system. Affected Twitter profiles appear to be directing unsuspecting users to a website called stalkdaily. More information at http://www.sophos.com/blogs/gc/g/2009/04/12/stalkdaily-twitter-users-warn-attack/
The Far Polo L1 geostationary satellite has been infected by a virus known as W32/Shatner. The Shatner virus is embedding subliminal images related to Star Trek into popular TV shows such as "The Simpsons", "Friends" and "Doogie Howser MD". Subliminal images placed into the programs include images of villains the Klingons and William Shatner, with the message: "This is W32/Shatner. All your TV are belong to us". Find out more on Sophos's website
One of the ways in which the OSX/RSPlug-F Mac Trojan horse is being distributed by hackers, is in the form of a poisoned High Def TV/Digital TV program called MacCinema. As you'll see in this video - visiting a website that gives many of the signs of legitimacy, can lead to you downloading a Trojan horse. Even for the Apple Mac. Learn more on the Sophos website.
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