Subj : Sophos Virus News
To   : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Wed Jul 25 2018 08:27:31

Here's the latest anti-virus and System Security news from the Naked
Security Blog at Sophos. You can access these for yourself at

http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com

You can also sign up to receive a daily digest (Monday through Friday)
of security issues and links, delivered right to your email box.

It's a reminder to PRACTICE SAFE HEX!! You could lose your data via
an attack of malware, ransomware, or be a victim of identity theft,
otherwise.

Note that text in some of the links may content text that some may
find vulgar, profane, offensive, explicitly sexual, etc. -- these are
provided to alert you that your system may have been infected!!

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Hidden camera Uber driver fired after live streaming passenger journeys

He streamed videos of hundreds of passengers on Twitch, where viewers
critiqued bodies and behavior and grabbed at least one upskirt clip.

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Crimson Hexagon banned by Facebook over user data concern

Facebook is probing whether the firm's government contracts comply with
its policies, which nix use of user data for government surveillance.

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Scammers pwn verified Fox Twitter account to scam cryptocurrency

Scammers have been exploiting Twitter for months now to steal digital
currencies from na¡ve users, but this month one attacker pulled off a
rare coup by compromising a verified Twitter account.

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Russian hackers are ready to disrupt US energy utilities, says DHS

Jonathan Homer says Russian hackers have snared "hundreds of victims" in
the utilities and equipment sectors and "got to the point where they
could have thrown switches; in a way that could have caused power
blackouts.

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