Subj : Sophos Virus News
To   : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Wed Aug 15 2018 18:56:54

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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Are your Android apps listening to you?

This simple setup will help you discover if your apps are listening
in on you.

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Your smart air conditioner could contribute to mass power outages

Researchers call the scenario BlackIoT: an IoT botnet of high-wattage
devices that could crash the power grid.

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FBI warns of choreographed ATM drainage

This type of multinational ATM cashout could drain cash machines of
millions within the span of hours.

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Apple Mac "zero day" hack lets you sneakily click [OK]

A security researcher revisited an old bug of his that Apple had patched,
made a blunder - and found the old bug was still there after all.

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