Subj : Sophos Virus News
To   : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Thu Nov 08 2018 09:14:32

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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Ranting researcher publishes VM-busting zero-day without warning

A security researcher has published a zero-day flaw in a commonly-used
virtual machine management system without notifying the vendor,
justifying it with a scathing critique of the infosecurity industry.

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Closed doors are no match for a Wi-Fi peeping tom and a smartphone

Researchers have found that a smartphone and some smart number crunching
can track people moving in their homes as they reflect radio waves.

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Google warning: Fix your dodgy ads within 30 days or get banned

Having taken what it thought was a decisive swipe at the problem of
"abusive" advertising a year ago, Google now says next month's
Chrome 71 will unleash an even tougher crackdown.

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Phone companies slammed for lousy robocall efforts

By this time next year, says Chairman Ajit Pai, the FCC wants to see
an anti-robocall system on consumers' phones - or else.

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Voting machine manual tells officials to reuse weak passwords

The manual turns good advice on its head, telling officials to use,
reuse and recycle weak passwords.

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Serious XSS flaw discovered in Evernote for Windows, update now!

Online-note-sharing company Evernote has patched a hole that allowed
attackers to infect notes shared via its service.

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WhatsApp "martinelli" warning is a hoax, don't forward it

A WhatsApp chain letter is warning of a malware-packing video called
"martinelli", and selling its lie with a grain of truth.

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Android November update fixes flaws galore

Android's November security bulletin is here and there's more to patch,
and more urgency about applying them.

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