Subj : Sophos Virus News
To   : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Tue Mar 20 2018 14:57:32

Here is the latest news from the Naked Security Blog at Sophos, providing
news on viruses, hoaxes, scams, etc. You can request a daily summary of
this information, with links to your personal mailbox by going to:

http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com

Links to older material are available at the URL noted above.

Note that some of the content in the links provided may be what some may
contain things that some may find vulgar, sexually explicit, profane, or
otherwise offensive. This is to ALERT YOU to messages that may appear on
your system, if it becomes infected; and your computer can become
infected, if you fail to practice "safe hex".

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Nine years on, Firefox's master password is still insecure

A researcher has uncovered a big security weakness in the way Firefox
secures browser passwords behind a master password.

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Apple burns the HSTS super cookie

HSTS tracking has been reduced to crumbs.

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US spy lab wants to geolocate any video or photo taken outdoors

US intelligence is working on geotagging every possible outdoor location
in the world.

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Fake Amazon ad ranks top on Google search results

A tech support scam disguised as an Amazon ad was showing up above even
the legitimate Amazon.com search result.

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