Subj : Sophos Virus News
To   : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Wed Apr 10 2019 10:36:43

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. 027 - Honeypots, GPS rollover and the MySpace data vortex

Guess how long it takes crooks to find a new device when you plug it
in? All this and more in the latest Naked Security podcast- enjoy!

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Mar-a-Lago intruder had instant-malware-inflicting thumb drive

Ms. Zhang's infected USB drive instantly went to work on a Secret
Service agent's PC. He shut it down immediately "to halt the
corruption."

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Update now! Here's the April Patch Tuesday roundup

Microsoft and Adobe Patch Tuesday updates are here. Find out more about
the most serious bugs and how to patch them.

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Check your Verizon FiOS Quantum Gateway G1100 router now

Owners of Verizon's FiOS Quantum Gateway (G1100) routers should check
the firmware has been updated after a security company made public
three significant security flaws.

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Two robocallers fined $3m for Google listings scam

The robocall scammers were defrauding small businesses who were scared
of seeing their Google search listings drop off.

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Two teens charged with jamming school Wi-Fi to get out of exams

They're facing charges of computer criminal activity after allegedly
disrupting the network at the request of their friends.

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Knock and don't run: the tale of the relentless hackerbots

If you have an IoT device in your home, you could be receiving an
average of 13 login attempts to these devices per minute, according
to Matt Boddy's latest research.

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Chrome, Safari and Opera criticised for removing privacy setting

Forthcoming versions of the Chrome, Apple Safari and Opera are in the
process of removing the ability to disable a long-ignored tracking
feature called hyperlink auditing pings.

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Airbnb says sorry after man detects hidden camera with network scan

His family of 7 was one network scan away from potentially being
livestreamed by their host.

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Hacker unlocks Samsung S10 with 3D-printed fingerprint

According to a video posted on the Imgur site Friday, it's possible
to bypass the biometrics on the new Galaxy S10 range using a 3D-printed
fingerprint in minutes.

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Fired sysadmin pleads guilty to doxxing five senators on Wikipedia

Cosko, 27, pleaded guilty to five counts including making public
restricted personal information, computer fraud, witness tampering and
obstruction of justice.

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