Subj : Sophos Virus News
To   : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Mon Nov 19 2018 14:58:22

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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Mozilla's IoT gift guide ranks gadgets from secure to shoddy

Mozilla slapped a "Meets Minimum Security Standards" badge on the IoT
gadgets on its list that passed at least some muster.

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Has that website been pwned? Firefox Monitor will tell you

Firefox Monitor, a breach notification website launched by Mozilla in
September, can now deliver alerts from inside the Firefox browser.

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Did a copy-paste error reveal the US's secret case against Assange?

A court filing in an unrelated case mentioned the need to seal documents
to keep secret the fact that "Assange" has been charged.

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Monday review - the hot 23 stories of the week

From the Microsoft mistake that left users fuming to the botnet that's
pwned 100,000 routers, and everything in between. Catch up with all the
stories from the last seven days - it's weekly roundup time.

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Could have sworn I deleted that photo from my phone! [PODCAST]

This week: hacking phones at Pwn2Own, the brand new SophosLabs Threat
report, and squeezing Shakespeare into odne tweet. Enjoy!

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How to rob an ATM? Let me count the ways!

A comprehensive new report lifts the lid on the sketchy state of ATM
security.

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Judge asks if Alexa is witness to a double murder

A judge has ordered Amazon to turn over any recordings an Echo device
may have made around the time a horrific crime occurred.

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Hacking MiSafes' smartwatches for kids is child's play

Researchers describe breaking into the watches as "probably the simplest
hack we have ever seen."

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AI-generated "skeleton keys" fool fingerprint scanners

Artificial intelligence can be used to 'grow' fake fingerprints that pack
in common features, fooling scanners.

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Thought you deleted your iPhone photos? Hackers find a way to get them
back

The hacking duo @fluoroacetate demonstrated zero-day exploits against
phones from Apple, Samsung and Xiaomi at the recent Pwn2Own contest.

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