Subj : Sophos Virus News
To   : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Thu Mar 07 2019 12:32:25

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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Unclosable browser popup! 13-year-old charged for sharing code

She didn't create it, but she allegedly shared it. That's enough to get
in trouble in Japan, with its history of being tough on cyber crime.

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NSA might shut down phone snooping program, whatever that means

We've heard this tale before. This time, it was mentioned by a
congressional aide. Also, the NSA released Ghidra, a free
reverse-engineering tool.

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Monero cryptominers hijack hundreds of unpatched Docker hosts

A recently-disclosed vulnerability in the Docker containerization
platform is being exploited by cybercriminals to mine the Monero (XMR)
cryptocurrency on hundreds of servers.

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Backdoored GitHub accounts spewed secret sneakerbot software

Researchers have uncovered a network of GitHub accounts containing
backdoored versions of legitimate software.

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Serious Chrome zero-day - Google says update "right this minute"

When a security expert on the Chrome team says, "update your Chrome
installs... like right this minute" - well, here's how to check!

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