Sophos Podcasts

Chester Wisniewski of Sophos Canada and James Lyne from the Office of the CTO discuss Operation Aurora: The attack on Google, what it means to businesses, and what we should be doing to better protect our networks.

Sean Richmond of Sophos Australia talks to Paul Ducklin, head of technology for APAC, about the results of Sophos's latest Facebook experiment, revealing that users are still failing to take adequate security steps on the popular social network.

Senior technology consultant Graham Cluley explains how hackers have been taking advantage of the hoax news stories about the death of Kanye West, using search optimisation techniques to infect computer users with scareware.

Paul Ducklin, head of technology for Sophos APAC, defines cloud computing and SaaS, explaining the associated security risks and gives his opinion on whether cloud and SaaS mean the end of desktop security software.

Sophos senior technologist James Lyne discusses Windows 7 from the security point of view, looking at the Action Centre, enhancements in the Windows firewall, Direct Access and the controversy surrounding XP mode.

More organizations are looking to virtualize their servers, but few are considering the associated security concerns. James Lyne, senior technologist at Sophos, explains why encrypting virtualized servers will avoid costly leaks.

Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at Sophos, discusses the findings in the latest threat report, revealing that criminals have increased the focus of attacks on social networking sites.

Sean Richmond of Sophos Australia talks to Paul Ducklin about the first of April Conficker security panic

Carole Theriault interviews James Lyne from the technology office at Sophos about the security risks associated with virtualized server systems and how new security technologies may help to overcome these attacks.

Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at Sophos, discusses sensible password use, explaining how cybercriminals are cracking weak passwords with the aim of hacking into users' email and web accounts and advises listeners how to create and manage multiple passwords.

Paul Ducklin, Head of Technology for Asia Pacific, discusses the true threat from 2009's widespread Conficker virus - which spread via a variety of techniques including USB sticks - with Patrick Gray, host of the ITRadio programme 'Risky Business'.

Graham Cluley, Senior Technology Consultant at Sophos, discusses the social networking phenomenon, explaining how cybercriminals are using Facebook and Twitter to spread malware and spam.

Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at Sophos, gives a snapshot of the findings in the 2009 threat report, revealing that US computers are the biggest contributor to the malware and spam problem and advises listeners on how to keep themselves protected as the volume of internet attacks continue to increase.

Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at Sophos, discusses the latest spam trends, explaining how social engineering tactics and social media are being used to distribute messages, and advises users how to defend against the rising tide of spam.

Carole Theirault interviews Scott Lewis, NAC product specialist at Sophos, about the new generation of network access control offerings and how they can address and enable IT best practices and ensure network governance.