Subj : Sophos Virus News
To   : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Sat Jun 15 2019 13:50:41

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 flaw found in Evernote Web Clipper for Chrome

Anyone using it in its unpatched state is at risk not only of a
compromise of their Evernote account but, potentially, of
third-party accounts too.

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Android phones can now be security keys for iOS devices

Hey, iOS users. Got a spare Android phone lying around? Now, you can
use it as a secure access key for online services.

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Facebook got 187,000 users' data with snoopy VPN app

According to a letter it sent to Sen. Richard Blumenthal, that's
31,000 US users, with the rest in India.

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Cop arrested following explicit chat with bogus 16yo girl

A male college student Snapchat-filtered himself into a young girl
and went out to catch a predator. The first one he caught was a
Californian cop.

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Facebook keeps deepfake of Mark Zuckerberg

"Whoever controls the data, controls the future," says the evil Zuck,
who, according to the platform's current policy, won't be taken down.

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Backpacker claims to find a network of hidden webcams in farm stay

In the bug repellent gizmo, in the shower, in the little birds glued
to the footboard; all hiding webcams, alleges the Dutch backpacker.

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Vim devs fix system-pwning text editor bug

Diehard text editor users everywhere breathed a sigh of relief this
week as the open source community fixed a bug in one of the most
venerable *nix programs: Vim.

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Microsoft's battle with SandboxEscaper zero days turns into grim
Groundhog Day

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Why is SandboxEscaper releasing vulnerabilities in such an
irresponsible way? It matters not - Microsoft must patch what's
in front of it whatever the backstory.

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Critical Adobe Flash player bug and more in June's Patch Tuesday

June patch Tuesday features fixes from Adobe and Microsoft for
critical flaws including a remote code vulnerability in Adobe
Flash Player.

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FBI warns users to be wary of phishing sites abusing HTTPS

Why you shouldn't trust a website simply because it's secured
using HTTPS and backed by the green padlock symbol.

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Radiohead releases "OK Computer" sessions that hacker tried to ransom

The band shrugged off the threat and released the files on Bandcamp.
They're long and not very interesting, they said.

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Hackers stole photos of travelers and license plates from subcontractor

Critics say if the US can't protect such data - which was improperly
stored by a subcontractor - it shouldn't collect it.

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