Tag: sophos
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VB2015 paper: Will Android Trojans, Worms or Rootkits Survive in SEAndroid and Containerization?
Google ‘s Android operating system may have a bit of a bad reputation when it comes to security, but it’s worth noting that recent versions of the operating system have been hardened a lot. In a paper presented at VB2015, Sophos researchers Rowland Yu and William Lee look at two recent security enhancements, Security Enhancements…
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Sophos red flags Google Analytics
Popular analytics tool mistakenly flagged as ‘high risk’. Security firm Sophos had an embarrassing moment this morning when its scanner flagged Google Analytics as malicious. While the average Internet user may have little experience with Google ‘s analytics tool, it is used by half of the one million most popular websites – to track information…
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Sophos joins free home AV crowd with Mac release
Business-focused firm takes first step into home-user arena. Sophos has announced the release of a home-user edition of its Mac anti-malware solution, which is being given away free to anyone who wants to use it. Unprotected users of Apple ‘s Macintosh range of computers (reckoned by many to constitute the majority of users at the…
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Sophos bought up by investment firm
APAX Partners acquires major stake in $830 million company. Sophos has announced that a majority share of the company will be sold to major private investment firm APAX Partners , in a deal which rates Sophos ‘s value at $830 million. APAX Partners has its fingers in a wide range of pies, including numerous telecoms…
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AV protection free for aliens
Klingon language scanner given away. After last summer saw malware making its way into space , it seemed like only a matter of time before alien races would need protection from the digital contagions infesting our planet, and security firm Sophos has stepped up to fill the gap. A version of the company’s ‘Threat Detection…
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Tough weekend for AV giants as FPs and DNS issues hit
Trend false alert cripples users’ systems, Sophos sites taken out by DNS mixup. Two of the larger security firms, Trend Micro and Sophos , had a busy weekend cleaning up after troubles hit them on Friday. Trend Micro released a pair of signature updates which led to its products erroneously identifying several Windows system files…
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Sophos makes move to buy Utimaco
€217 million bid launched for encryption specialist. Security light-heavyweight Sophos has issued official notice of its intention to buy German encryption firm Utimaco , in a share deal worth €217 million (over $340 million US). Utimaco produces a range of encryption products under the brand name SafeGuard , including solutions for protecting data on disk…
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41 months plus hefty fine for botherder
Cross-border operation brings adware crook to book. A Florida man has been sentenced to 41 months in prison and fined $65,000 (approx. £32,000) after implanting bot software on systems belonging to a global corporation and using them to install adware. When brought before US courts in March, the man, Robert Matthew Bentley of Panama City,…
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Almost half of users think virus-writing contests are a good idea
Shocking survey results disappoint security experts. Nearly half of the respondents in a Virus Bulletin poll said they thought that virus-writing contests are a useful way of highlighting issues with anti-virus products – while 12 per cent felt that such contests are nothing but harmless fun. Last month, the organisers of the annual Defcon hackers’…
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Sophos announces plans to float
Listing on London Stock Exchange expected soon. The long-anticipated floatation of Sophos , one of the biggest privately owned security firms, has been announced this week, with the firm planning to list on the London Stock Exchange. The company, which was set up in 1985 and released its first virus scanner in 1989, is currently…