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January 2013

AV-Test results show Sophos beats Kaspersky, Trend, McAfee and Symantec in stopping Mac malware

For the first time, AV-Test has released test results comparing malware protection for Macs among 18 major security vendors. The results show a wide disparity in protection against Mac OS X malware. Sophos came out near the top with a 96.6% detection rate. Our Mac protection was better than Kaspersky, Trend Micro, Symantec and McAfee. You […]

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Microsoft predicts bleak future for XP users after patches run out

One risk is that attackers will have the advantage over defenders who choose to run Windows XP because attackers will likely have more information about vulnerabilities in Windows XP than defenders. The problem is, of course, that once patches stop being provided for newly-discovered vulnerabilities, any problems that are found for more recent versions may

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Sophos honoured with Partnership Award from Queensland Police Service

Steve Gollschewski, Deputy Commissioner, Strategy, Policy and Performance presented the award to Rob Forsyth, Director Sophos Asia Pacific, in recognition the team’s ongoing partnership with the Queensland Police Service, working closely with the community to provide education material for community groups, as well as hosting the Sophos Signature events to explore current and emerging issues,

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NSA secretly funding code-breaking quantum computer research

Quantum computing hinges, very broadly, on allowing individual bits (called qubits) to contain superimposed values of zero and one, vastly increasing computing power. Its implications for cryptography, medicine, and research have made it a major goal for public services and private industry alike: DARPA has devoted years of funding to quantum computing research, and Google

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Sophos announced the appointment of Mary Winfield as Senior Vice President

“Our goal of ‘Security made simple’ can only be fully realized when every interaction Sophos has with customers and partners exceeds their expectations,” said Kris Hagerman, chief executive officer of Sophos. “Mary has an extraordinary track record in building dynamic and high-impact customer care and customer support organizations, and we are thrilled to welcome Mary

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SophosLabs: Android malware intercepts SMS messages to steal banking info

One of our SophosLabs researchers, Anna Szalay, made an interesting discovery recently: a new type of Android malware that slips in through a security hole in the USB debugging feature that allows developers to modify their Android devices. Naked Security expert Paul “Duck” Ducklin reports that this malware can intercept your SMS text messages to

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Life after TrueCrypt: 5 tips for better data security

TrueCrypt’s sudden demise Despite being nominally open source software, TrueCrypt was always a bit secretive. Unlike many free, open source projects, the main developers and maintainers were unknown to the community. Someone, apparently one of the maintainers of TrueCrypt, shut down the project, claimed the product was not secure, and replaced it with a modified

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