Subj : Sophos Virus News
To   : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Tue Mar 26 2019 13:22:29

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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Apple patches 51 security flaws

Apple's update for iOS and macOS patches 51 holes, the more serious
of which include bugs in Safari, Keychain and FaceTime.

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FEMA exposes sensitive data of 2.3 million disaster survivors

The agency said it exposed 2.3m people's details in a "major privacy
incident" involving a contractor that set up temporary housing.

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Tech giants back bill that privacy advocates claim is toothless

The main disagreement: if consumers will be able to delete their data
or whether the law would give companies ways to wiggle out.

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Family tracking app spilled pics, names and real-time location data

A journalist/researcher team got a sensitive database taken down after
the vendor responsible failed to acknowledge a problem.

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Medtronic cardiac implants can be hacked, FDA issues alert

Two serious flaws in the telemetry protocol could allow a hacker to
control vulnerable Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators (ICDs).

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Thousands of API and cryptographic keys leaking on GitHub every day

Researchers have found that one of the most popular source code
repositories in the world is still housing thousands of publicly
accessible user credentials.

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Update now! WordPress hackers target Easy WP SMTP plugin

Two hacking groups have been spotted targeting websites running
unpatched versions of the WordPress plugin Easy WP SMTP.

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New ratings point to keyless cars that can stand up to relay attacks

Researchers rated six of the 11 newly launched cars as being easy to
open up and drive off with a cheap relay device anyone can buy online.

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Monday review - the hot 29 stories of the week

From an ex-employee from IT hell to Window 7's upcoming patchocalypse,
and everything in between. It's weekly roundup time!

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Facebook password crisis - what to do? [VIDEO]

Watch this special edition of Naked Security Live - we answer the
questions people have been asking us, like "Should I stay or should
I go?"

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Sacked IT guy annihilates 23 of his ex-employer's AWS servers

He was fired after four weeks, ripped off the credentials of former
colleague "Speedy", and will be mulling it all over for two years in
jail.

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