Subj : Sophos Virus News
To   : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Jan 25 2019 09:42:45

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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Fighting Emotet: lessons from the front line

Emotet is moving, shape-shifting target for admins and their security
software. Here's what we've learned from dealing with outbreaks.

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US gov issues emergency directive after wave of domain hijacking attacks

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued an emergency
directive tightening DNS security after a recent wave of domain hijacking
attacks targeting government websites.

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#DeleteFacebook? #DeleteTwitter? #FatLotOfGood that will do you

Your likes, interest and personality can be gleaned from as few as 8-9
friends on social media, whether you're on the platform or not.

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Cops catch $15m crypto-crook

A man has been arrested a year after stealing œ10m ($15m) of the
IoT-focused cryptocurrency IOTA using bogus software that tricked users.

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Facebook debuts scam ads reporting tool

Adverts on Facebook featuring fake celebrity endorsements scam people out
of their savings, and Facebook is now doing something about it.

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