Subj : Sophos Virus News
To   : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Wed Apr 17 2019 16:15:47

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. 028 - SPEWS, Android security and scary Facebook messages [PODCAST]

Here's the latest Naked Security podcast - enjoy!

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Mozilla to Apple: Protect user privacy with rotating phone IDs

Mozilla has criticized Apple for its latest privacy marketing campaign,
urging it to provide more automatic protection for users behind the
scenes.

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Ad blocker firms rush to fix security bug

If you're using an ad blocker to filter out online commercials, then
beware: You might be vulnerable to a new attack revealed on Monday
that enables hackers to compromise your browser.

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Internet Explorer browser flaw threatens all Windows users

Nearly four years after it was replaced by Edge as Microsoft's
preferred Windows browser, researchers keep finding unpleasant
security flaws in Internet Explorer (IE).

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Microsoft confirms Outlook.com and Hotmail accounts were breached

Between 1 January and 28 March this year hackers were able to access
a "limited number" of consumer Outlook.com, Hotmail and MSN Mail
email accounts, Microsoft has confirmed.

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Watch out! Don't fall for the Instagram "Nasty List" phishing attack

Instagram users have been receiving odd messages from followers
expressing shock that their accounts have somehow ended up on
something called the "Nasty List."

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Google's location history data shared routinely with police

Law enforcement officials in the US have been routinely mining
Google's location history data for criminal investigations.

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US feds' names, home and email addresses hacked and posted online

A group of hackers that doxxed thousands of federal law enforcement
employees last week has struck again.

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Security weakness in popular VPN clients

Numerous enterprise VPN clients could be vulnerable to a potentially
serious security weakness that could be used to spoof access.

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