Subj : Sophos Virus News
To   : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Wed Feb 27 2019 14:26:13

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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Ep.021 - Leaked calls, a social media virus and passwords exposed
[PODCAST]

Here's the latest Naked Security podcast - enjoy!

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Nvidia patches eight security flaws in graphics products

Chip maker Nvidia has released a security update, fixing eight CVE
flaws in its Windows and Linux graphics display drivers.

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Researchers break e-signatures in 22 common PDF viewers

Researchers have discovered a flaw in some PDF document viewers that
allows new content to be added to documents without breaking the
electronic signatures.

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Police bust their own radio shop manager for dodgy software updates

Police allege that he updated radios with fraudulent software from
a radio enthusiast who allegedly hacked encrypted radios for drug
cartels.

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Millions of utilities customers' passwords stored in plain text

Plain-text, unencrypted passwords were sent instead of having users
reset them. There was no breach, the firm claims, but how would it
know?

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