Subj : Sophos Virus News
To   : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Wed Jun 13 2018 20:31:58

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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Tech pioneers: new copyright law a step towards an internet of
surveillance and control

European copyright directive would be a step towards making the
internet "a tool for the automated surveillance and control of
its users"

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FBI arrests 74 in global Business Email Compromise takedown

After years of laughing in the face of victims, BEC scammers have
taken one on the chin.

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MP gets 600 rape threats in a night, wants an end to online anonymity

As a female MP Jess Phillips faces threats of violence and aggression
every day.

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Serious Security: How three minor bugs make one major exploit

In this story, three webcam bugs that weren't critical one-by-one
could be combined into an exploit giving total device takeover.

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6 million cards compromised in Dixons Carphone breach - act now!

Dixons Carphone has revealed what it's calling an "attempt to
compromise 5.9 million [payment] cards".

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