Subj : Sophos Virus News
To   : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Tue Nov 06 2018 10:01:43

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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Facebook wants to reveal your name to the weirdo standing next to you

Facebook's had a patent approved for a new way to sniff out potential
friends, based on your phone and patterns of movement.

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Is the US about to get a nationwide, privately owned, biometrics system?

Two US biometric companies have partnered to research a private,
nationwide biometrics system.

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Children's apps contain an average of 7 third-party trackers, study finds

Android apps in the "Family" category had a surprisingly high number of
trackers embedded in them.

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CIA's secret online network unravelled with a Google search

The US government is reeling from a catastrophic, years-long intelligence
failure that compromised its internet-based covert communications.

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