Subj : Sophos Virus News
To   : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Tue Apr 10 2018 10:15:29

Here is the latest news from the Naked Security Blog at Sophos, providing
news on viruses, hoaxes, scams, etc. You can request a daily summary of
this information, with links to your personal mailbox by going to:

http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com

Links to older material are available at the URL noted above.

Note that some of the content in the links provided may be what some may
contain things that some may find vulgar, sexually explicit, profane, or
otherwise offensive. This is to ALERT YOU to messages that may appear on
your system, if it becomes infected; and your computer can become
infected, if you fail to practice "safe hex".

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How to check if your Facebook data was shared with Cambridge Analytica

Here's how to find out whether you or your friends shared personal data
with controversial data-harvesting company Cambridge Analytica

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YouTube illegally collects data from kids, group claims

A coalition has filed a complaint with the FTC, charging that Google's
YouTube is breaking COPPA: the law to protect children's privacy.

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Another company's been harvesting Facebook user data

Like Cambridge Analytica, Cubeyou also gobbled users' data with
personality quizzes, under the guise of "research."

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Jail for white collar pirates who stole from Oracle

The unequal struggle between software giant Oracle and services company
Terix has finally concluded with the latter’s CEO and co-founder Bernd
Appleby being handed two years in jail.

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