Subj : Sophos Virus News
To   : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Thu Apr 11 2019 11:26:58

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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Serious Security: How web forms can steal your bandwidth and harm your
brand

Got a mailing list? Ever signed up for one? Ever stopped to think how
a crook could abuse the security-related confirmation process?

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Ban the use of "dark patterns" by tech companies, say US lawmakers

Congressional leaders in the US unveiled a new law this week to ban
the use of "dark patterns" by large online players.

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App could have let attackers locate and take control of users' cars

A smartphone app used to control vehicles across North America left
them wide open to attackers, it was revealed this week.

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Toddler locks father out of iPad for 25.5 MILLION minutes, or until
2067

A father thought he'd been permanently locked out of his Apple iPad
after his young son repeatedly entered an incorrect passcode.

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