From; Sophos: Sophos enews: the newswire which brings you up-to-the-minute reports on anti-virus and anti-spam issues, new Sophos products and enhancements. White paper: Integrating day zero protection in a changing threat landscape ---- The challenge for organizations today is to stay ahead of the increasingly interconnected threat from rapidly spreading viruses and spam campaigns, phishing scams and spyware attacks. The expertise and systems in SophosLabs give businesses the rapid and reliable protection they need across all threat types. Sophos's Genotype technology provides pre-emptive protection from emerging viruses and spam campaigns. Find out more in this white paper. http://s400.link.sophos.com/dayzerowp?pl_id=9 Hack exposes 40 million credit cards ---- According to media reports, a company which authenticates credit card transactions for a number of many major credit cards companies has discovered that information for millions of transactions was stolen, allowing unauthorised third-parties to fraudulently use the cards. http://s400.link.sophos.com/cardhack?pl_id=9 UK government targeted by information-stealing Trojans ---- Sophos experts have recently assisted the UK government in analysing a series of Trojans designed to steal confidential and sensitive information. Find out more about the case now. http://s400.link.sophos.com/niscc?pl_id=9 Microsoft issues critical security patches ---- Microsoft has issued a number of critical security patches for users of its products. As always, Sophos recommends that users keep informed about the latest security vulnerabilities and take action to ensure that they are not exposed. http://s400.link.sophos.com/ms0605?pl_id=9 Add live virus and hoax information to your website now! ---- Your internet website or internal intranet can benefit from our free virus and hoax information feed service - ensuring you are always up-to-the-second with news about the latest viruses and scares. The feeds are completely free and take only seconds to add. Feeds are available in English, French, German, Spanish and Japanese. So, why don't you sign up now? http://s400.link.sophos.com/vfeed?pl_id=9 Sophos enews is sent to you as part of our commitment to raising awareness of the virus and spam threat, helping you to protect yourself. *********** MIKE"S REPLY SEPARATOR *********** Mike ~ It is a good day if I learned something new. Editor MikesWhatsNews see a sample on my web page http://www3.telus.net/mikebike <mikeswhatsnews-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=subscribe> http://www3.telus.net/mikebike/worm_removal.htm See my Anti-Virus pages http://virusinfo.hackfix.org/index <virusinfo-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=subscribe> A Technical Support Alliance and OWTA Charter Member