Subj : Sophos Virus News
To   : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Thu May 31 2018 08:51:13

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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Hoax alert! Starbucks is NOT inviting you to test its shatterproof
windows

Need a jolt? Leave the rocks at home, and bring cash instead. The
hoaxsters are full of dark caramel whipped cream crappuccino!

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Apple's iOS 11.4 security update arrives in an iCloud of silence

We updated to iOS 11.4, because that's our habit - but Apple still
isn't saying what was fixed yet. How we wish Apple wouldn't do that!

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Acoustic attacks can blue-screen computers

New research has discovered hard drives can be vulnerable to sonic
interference.

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Nuisance call bosses, get your wallets ready!

Currently, only businesses themselves are liable for the fines, so
the directors declare bankruptcy and then play whack-a-mole. They
may now be held personally liable to the tune of up to œ500,000.

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Forget VPNfilter - here's BACKLASH, a networking hack from way, way
back

With a name like BACKLASH, you might think this hack comes from the
era of mechanical devices, with gears and pulleys. You'd be right!

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