Subj : Sophos Virus News
To   : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Tue Jun 11 2019 15:35:08

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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Critical flaws found in Amcrest security cameras

The Amcrest 721 family of security cameras features six security flaws
discovered back in 2017 by a researcher at security outfit Synopsys.

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iOS 13 will map the apps that are tracking you

A map will display the snail-slime trails that we all leave behind in
our daily travels and through which background tracking apps follow us.

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It;s a SCAM: Send Bitcoin or your company's reputation is TOAST!

"I will insult people. And everyone will not care that it's not you."
But it's social-disaster baloney!

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Researchers crack digital safe using HSM flaw

French researchers have found a bug in a hardware security module (HSM)
that could enable an attacker to steal highly prized secrets.

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Microsoft warns of time-travelling equation exploit - are you safe?

An Office bug that was squashed back in 2017 is still in widespread
use - make sure your computer hasn't slipped through the patch cracks!

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The GoldBrute botnet is trying to crack open 1.5 million RDP servers

Even its most optimistic users would have to concede that it has been
a bracing few weeks for anyone who relies on Microsoft's Remote Desktop
Protocol (RDP).

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Cryptocurrency attack thwarted by npm team

Cryptocurrency users narrowly escaped losing all their funds last week
after an attacker poisoned a digital wallet with malicious code that
stole their blockchain access details.

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Laptops used in 2016 NC poll to be examined by feds - after 2.5 years

The e-voting vendor in North Carolina was spearphished days before the
election but still went ahead and used remote access software.

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Online shops fear 2FA at checkout will increase abandoned carts

A report says the EU will lose $64b per year once new 2FA rules go into
effect, but we support Strong Customer Authentication (SCA)
wholeheartedly.

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Monday review - the hot 21 stories of the week

From the vulnerable Windows RDS 'feature' to the privacy of US visa
applicants - and everything in between. It's weekly roundup time.

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