Subj : Sophos Virus News
To   : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Thu Aug 02 2018 16:22:47

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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How to defend yourself against SamSam ransomware

Drawing on new research we look at how best to defend your organisation
against SamSam.

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Facebook bans midterm-meddling accounts and pages

Facebook says it has removed 32 Pages and accounts from Facebook and
Instagram for violating its policies.

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Microsoft Edge adds WebAuthn as passwords near the end

Microsoft's Edge browser has finally joined Mozilla Firefox and Google's
Chrome in supporting a working version of the emerging WebAuthn.

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Facebook shuts off user data access for hundreds of thousands of apps

The app review deadline has come and gone and Facebook has now cut off
API access to those apps that failed to submit.

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Alleged SIM-swap scammer nabbed for stealing $5m in Bitcoin

"Hi Daddy Love you," texted the daughter of one of the hacker's alleged
victims. The reply: "TELL YOUR DAD TO GIVE US BITCOIN"

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Staff dust off their typewriters after malware attack

Malware has taken down systems in at least two Alaskan municipalities in
an attack that officials say is the worst they have ever seen.

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High-schoolers' data put up for sale after being scraped from surveys

Millions of students' data is being sold after being harvested from
college-planning questionnaires or surveys that come with the SAT or
PSAT tests.

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Mozilla still working on Firefox's site isolation security revamp

Mozilla's Firefox browser doesn't have site isolation security yet,
but plans to enable it are in the works.

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Porn-warning security scam hooks you up to "Apple Care"

It's a toll free "Apple Care" number, meaning that in theory it
shouldn't cost you a thing - so what's the harm in calling just
in case?

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