Subj : Sophos Virus News
To   : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Mon Jun 25 2018 10:04:49

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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Nintendo Switch hackers show hacking for mischief is alive and well

Think today's hackers are only motivated by money? Think again. In the
gaming world, there's plenty of hacks-for-lulz on display.

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Brave browser starts feeding ads to willing guinea pigs

Hands up who wants to sign up to receive advertising as they browse
the internet? Probably no-one, and yet that's exactly what the new
Brave browser is asking its users to do.

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The WannaCrypt ransomware scam - what you need to know [PODCAST]

A hoax about ransomware called "WannaCrypt" has been widely spammed
out. But is an attack of this sort technically possible?

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Internet shut down in Algeria to stop exam cheats

It's exam time again, and aside from panic and caffeine-fuelled
all-nighters, that can only mean one thing: A lot of people are
getting their internet shut off.

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Monday review - the hot 22 stories of the week

From the "world's worst" smart padlock to the Dark Web drug dealer
betrayed by his beard - catch up with everything we wrote last week.

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iPhone pwned? Researcher says he can unlock iOS without running out
of tries

A security researcher says he's found a way to guess iPhone lock codes
without getting blocked after 10 mistakes.

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