Subj : Sophos Virus News
To   : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Wed Nov 28 2018 22:40:15

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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JavaScript library used for sneak attack on Copay Bitcoin wallet

A mystery payload sneaked into a hugely popular JavaScript library
was part of a plot to ransack Bitcoins from BitPay's Copay mobile
cryptocoin wallet, it has been alleged.

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Social media scraping app Predictim banned by Facebook and Twitter

We all want a "perfect" babysitter. But can we trust AI to comb
through years of social media posts and label people with a "score?"

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Facebook bug resurrects ghostly messages from the past

In the latest in a long line of SNAFUs, it seems Facebook has found
a new way to inadvertently torment us: resurfacing old chat messages.

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"Grinch bots" are ruining holiday shopping. Lawmakers hit back

The bill would outlaw automated scripts that snap up discounted
holiday must-haves so resellers can gouge people with exorbitant
markups.

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