Subj : Sophos Virus News
To   : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Aug 03 2018 09:24:16

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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Routers turned into zombie cryptojackers - is yours one of them?

A patch was turned into an exploit and the exploit was turned into...
why, CRYPTOCOINS, of course! Fortunately, there's an easy fix.

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Alleged "high-ranking" members of the Fin7 cybercrime group arrested

The DOJ says it's arrested three members of the highly professional
Fin7 group.

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How safe is your DNA data?

A group of DNA collection and genealogy websites have agreed on new
guidelines for handling sensitive genetic and family data.

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Amnesty International spearphished with government spyware

Pegasus spyware is supposed to be used solely by governments, to enable
them to invisibly track criminals and terrorists

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Reddit's serious "security incident" - what you need to know

Reddit suffered a serious "security incident" in mid-June. This is what
we know, and what you can do.

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