Subj : Sophos Virus News
To   : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Thu Jul 11 2019 10:16:59

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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Facial recognition surveillance must be banned, says Fight for the 
Future

"We don't need to regulate it, we need to ban it entirely."

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Cyberattack lands ship in hot water

Less than two months after warning of cybersecurity problems on ships, 
the US Coast Guard has revealed that a large international vessel has 
suffered a cyberattack.

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GDPR superpowers lead to whopper ICO fines for BA, Marriott

The ICO isn't pulling its punches: The penalty for BA's data breach is 
about 367 times higher than the previous record-setting fine.

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"Mozilla aren't villains after all" - ISPs back down after public outcry

Mozilla was nominated for an "Internet Villain" award - and The People Of 
The Internet were not pleased. 

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Two zero days and 15 critical flaws fixed in July’s Patch Tuesday

Patch Tuesday July 2019 offers fixes for a total of 77 vulnerabilities, 
including 15 marked critical, rounded out by two zero-day flaws.

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Rogue Android apps ignore your permissions

New research has revealed that apps are snooping on data such as 
location and unique ID number - even when users haven't given 
permission.

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Instagram asks bullies, ‘Are you sure you want to say that?’

A new anti-bullying feature uses AI to recognize mean words in comments 
and warns users before they post them.

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Zoom flaw could force you into a meeting, expose your video feed

Its local web server reportedly also automatically reinstalls Zoom if 
a user removes the app and joins a meeting. 

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