Subj : Sophos Virus News
To   : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Thu Mar 21 2019 11:14:35

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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Researcher finds new way to sniff Windows BitLocker encryption keys

A researcher has published a new and relatively simple way that Windows
BitLocker encryption keys can be sniffed in less secure configurations
as they travel from Trusted Platform Modules (TPMs) during boot.

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Flaw in popular PDF creation library enabled remote code execution

A researcher has discovered a high-severity bug in a popular PHP library
used for creating PDFs.

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Opera brings back free VPN service to its Android browser

Opera lost its Android browser's VPN after it was sold to a Chinese
consortium, but now it's back.

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FBI crackdown on DDoS-for-hire sites led to 85% slash in attack sizes

According to a new report, average and maximum DDoS attack sizes
decreased by 85.36% and 23.91%.

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