Subj : Sophos Virus News
To   : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Jul 13 2018 09:57:05

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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Sextortion scam knows your password, but don't fall for it

The scam emails claim to have compromising video of you, and back it
up by showing you one of your passwords.

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Facebook ordered to let grieving mother in to dead daughter's account

The girl's parents want access to her account to see if her death was
the result of cyberbullying.

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Linux, malware and data breaches - what can we learn? [VIDEO]

We think Gentoo Linux did a good job in a bad situation following its
recent malware invasion, and we can all learn something from that.

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"Bitcoins for cash in bags" trader gets 12 months in prison

This former stockbroker dealt with murky clients, including one she
knew only as "David", aka "Pirate Sh*t".

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