Subj : Sophos Virus News
To   : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Thu Feb 07 2019 17:11:10

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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Serious Security: Post-Quantum Cryptography (and why we’re getting it)

Here's why NIST is running a competition to find algorithms for a
Post-Quantum Cryptographic world...

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KeySteal could allow someone to steal your Apple Keychain passwords

The researcher says it works without root or administrator privileges
and without password prompts. But he's not revealing how it works to
Apple because there's no money for him in its invite-only/iOS-only
bounties.

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Anyone want to lay claim to the USB drive found in seal poo?

It still works, you know. And there are photos and videos on it.

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Chrome extension warns users their login credentials have been breached

Google's released a Chrome extension, Password Checkup, that's designed
to warn users when they enter a username and password the company has
detected in a data breach.

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Unlimited crypotocurrency? Zcash fixes counterfeiting flaw

Privacy-focused cryptocurrency Zcash has fixed a flaw that would have
allowed anyone with knowledge of it to produce counterfeit currency.

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Jack'd dating app is showing users' intimate pics to strangers

A clear and present danger: Anyone with a web browser who knows where
to look can access Jack'd users' photos, be they private or public.

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Firefox 66 will silence autoplaying web audio

From Firefox 66 for desktop and Android, due in March, media autoplay
of video or audio will be blocked by default.

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Just two hacker groups are behind 60% of stolen cryptocurrency

Chainalysis found that two groups, which it calls Alpha and Beta, are
responsible for stealing around $1 billion in funds from exchanges.

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Digital signs left wide open with default password

One thing the world doesn't need: hackers who can broadcast to billboards
of any size, be they PC monitor- or Godzilla-sized.

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Ep. 018 - Home invasions, snoopy apps and Android versus iOS [PODCAST]

Here's the latest Naked Security podcast - give it a listen!

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