Subj : Sophos Virus News
To   : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Thu Jul 19 2018 09:48:04

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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Venmo users: time to hide your drug deals and excessive pizza consumption

To its fans, Venmo is a hassle-free P2P app that lets anyone living in
the US send money to friends, split a restaurant bill, pay for a ride on
Uber, or buy a hotel room. To the security conscious, it's a privacy
nightmare.

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Google hit with $5.1b fine in EU's Android antitrust case

This could mean the end of free Android. In the meantime, Google plans
to appeal.

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Trends in malware - ransomware, cryptojacking, what next? [PODCAST]

Catch up with Day 3 of our Security SOS Week - here's the third episode
of our week-long online security summit.

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Automated money-laundering scheme found in free-to-play games

The scammers automatically created iOS accounts with valid email
accounts, then automatically used stolen cards to buy and resell
stuff.

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