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  Sophos RED scoops "Protector Award" at this year's AusCERT conference

  Sophos - Naked Security

  We're proud to say that at this evening's 2013 Information Security awards at the AusCERT conference in Australia, Sophos scooped the "Protector Award" with its Sophos RED product.
  
  Paul Ducklin says, "Well done" to the techies behind the technology...
  
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  Cyber security in US power system suffering from reactive, self-policed rules

  Sophos - Naked Security

  John Hawes argued that what's needed is carefully considered defensive strategies combined with fast responses to new, unforeseen vulnerabilities.
  
  Sadly when government and big business intersect, pragmatism and speedy reactions are rarely in evidence.
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  Why Twitter's two-factor authentication isn't going to stop media organisations from being hacked

  Sophos - Naked Security

  Twitter's new two factor authentication system will be welcomed by some users, but ignored by others who will find it a nuisance.
  
  Notably, it's unlikely to be much use at all to media companies who have suffered at the hands of hackers, as Graham Cluley explains.
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  NYPD detective charged with hiring email hackers to break into colleagues' personal accounts

  Sophos - Naked Security

  A NYPD detective has been arrested for hiring an email hacking service to pinch the login details for at least 43 personal email accounts and one cell phone belonging to at least 30 individuals.
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  It's VKontakte, *not* Vikontakte. Twitter phishing, Soviet-style

  Sophos - Naked Security

  With a cybercrime plan as poorly thought out as this, maybe it's no wonder the Soviet Union didn't survive.
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  Breakfast malware at Tiffany's? Trojan horses spammed out widely

  Sophos - Naked Security

  Little blue boxes from Tiffany & Co. are the stuff of dreams for many. Don't let an unexpected email delivery - apparently from the company - make you so giddy with an excitement that you end up with a computer nightmare.
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  Microsoft is reading Skype messages

  Sophos - Naked Security

  Think your Skype communications are safe from prying eyes and ears? You might need to think again.
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  Small businesses beware! Point-of-sale malware is after you

  Sophos - Naked Security

  Malware targeting point-of-sale (POS) systems has been a major trend for the last six months. With easy pickings to be had from mom-and-pop shops, this pattern is only going to grow until people start fighting back with better system security, and ideally better payment card systems.
  
  Virus Bulletin's Technical Director John Hawes takes a look....
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  Operation Aurora hack was counterespionage, not China picking on Tibetan activists

  Sophos - Naked Security

  Claims are made that the Aurora hackers weren't just Chinese-sponsored hackers bent on messing with Tibetan activists.
  
  Rather it was a Chinese counterintelligence operation that sought to discover if the US had uncovered the identity of clandestine agents operating within its borders.
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  Three wireless security myths - busted! [VIDEO]

  Sophos - Naked Security

  Last year Sophos looked at Wi-Fi security in London and Sydney and the results weren't fantastic.
  
  So we thought it was time to make a short revision video, just in time for 2013 Cyber Security Awareness Week in New Zealand.