October

• Sophos ZombieAlert named as finalist in Information Management 2005 AwardsSophos ZombieAlert has made the shortlist of finalists for the IM2005 Awards, scheduled to be revealed in December.
  27 October 2005
• Sophos issues health warning after spammers peddle drugs to combat bird fluSpammers are risking lives by attempting to sell bird flu drugs online.
  25 October 2005
• Sophos receives national recognition as a great place to workSophos has been recognized as one of "Canada's Top 100 Employers."
  25 October 2005
• Sophos cooks up a security solution for Aga Foodservice GroupThe producer of premium range cookers and refrigerators protects its business with Sophos's security solutions.
  24 October 2005
• Sophos welcomes UK network of specialist cybercrime prosecutorsThe UK Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has established a network of lawyers to specifically tackle high-tech crime.
  20 October 2005
• Don't pass on bogus Sainsbury's Gift Vouchers chain letter An email chain letter aims to fool people into believing they will receive supermarket gift vouchers if they forward on the message.
  19 October 2005
• BusinessWeek places Sophos 27th on Europe's Hot Growth listSophos has been positioned at number 27 in BusinessWeek's Europe 500 list, which recognises Europe's high-growth, job-creating companies.
  19 October 2005
• Sophos nominated "Security Vendor of the Year" in CRN Channel AwardsSophos has been nominated for an award at one of the industry's most prestigious and respected events.
  18 October 2005
• Sophos defends War Child's IT infrastructureWar Child chooses Sophos to protect its sprawling network from spam, spyware and viruses.
  17 October 2005
• Suspected spam king Ralsky has email operations suspended after FBI raidA man suspected of being one of the world's biggest spammers has had his computers seized by the FBI.
  17 October 2005
• No need to panic over first Nintendo DS malware, reports SophosThe first Trojan horses for the Nintendo DS have been discovered.
  13 October 2005
• Sophos reveals "dirty dozen" spam relaying countries for April-September 2005Sophos researchers reveal the top spam relaying countries between April-September 2005.
  12 October 2005
• Microsoft issues nine new patches against security vulnerabilities, Sophos reportsMicrosoft has issued nine new security updates, three of which are critical. Sophos urges computer users to take action now.
  12 October 2005
• 86% believe jailed British hackers should have received harsher sentence, Sophos reportsMembers of the Thr34t-Krew gang have been sent to prison for six and three months, but business PC users are unhappy and say that the sentence isn't tough enough.
  12 October 2005
• Suspected zombie kings who ran botnet of 100,000 PCs arrested, reports SophosThree men suspected of running a zombie botnet of more than 100,000 PCs have been arrested in the Netherlands.
  10 October 2005
• British malware authors jailed for conspiracy to infect PCs around the world, Sophos reportsTwo British men, members of the Thr34t-Krew hacking gang, have been sentenced to jail.
  7 October 2005
• Trojan horse turns Sony PSP handheld console into useless brick, reports SophosThe first Trojan horse for a games console has been discovered.
  7 October 2005
• Sober comeback poses as long lost schoolfriend, Sophos reports on email wormThe Sober-O worm can spread disguised as an old school photograph.
  6 October 2005
• Sophos joins drive to cure virus-naming confusionSophos has joined the Common Malware Enumeration (CME) initiative, an industry group whose aim is to provide unique, common identifiers to new malware threats.
  5 October 2005

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