Subj : Sophos Virus News
To   : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Wed Aug 08 2018 13:06:52

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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Snapchat source code leaked on GitHub - but no one knows why

A chunk of Snapchat's source code that wasn't meant to be public just
popped up on GitHub. Will this harm security?

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Facebook wants to be the future of online banking

Facebook says to banks: tell us who your customers are, and we'll get
them talking to you in Messenger.

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Could deliberately adding security bugs make software more secure?

A new study argues that bogging black hats down in fake flaws might
be better approach to security.

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How Bitcoin and the Dark Web hide SamSam in plain sight

Bitcoin and the Dark Web are familiar terms, but what are they and how
do they help SamSam operate in plain sight?

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