Subj : Sophos Virus News
To   : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Mon Mar 04 2019 11:05:50

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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TikTok to pay record fine for collecting children's data

It's been a predator's playground, where children's photos have been
public by default and trolling adults could message them.

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Is a Facebookcoin in the works?

Facebook, Signal and Telegram are all planning cryptocurrencies. But
why these companies, why now, and will they be successful?

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YouTube disables comments on millions of videos of children

After big brands pulled ads, YouTube banned millions of comments,
closed hundreds of accounts, and sped up development of a predator
filter.

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Anomaly in pen-test tool made malware servers visible

A security company was able to track command and control traffic
generated by hacking groups thanks to an anomaly in a pen-testing
tool.

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Monday review - the hot 21 stories of the week

From the Momo Challenge to Mozilla's potential insider threats from
Aussie staff, and everything in between - it's weekly roundup time.

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