Subj : Sophos Virus News
To   : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Tue Aug 14 2018 09:39:12

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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Pacemaker controllers still vulnerable 18 months after flaws reported

A popular brand of heart pacemaker is still vulnerable to compromise
more than a year and a half after the company that makes them was told
of weaknesses in its security, researchers have claimed.

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Police body cameras open to attack

A security researcher has revealed that police body cameras could put
evidence - and even police officers themselves - at risk.

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11-year-old hacker changes election results

It took him less than 10 minutes to change election results on a replica
of Florida's state website.

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Facebook news feed changes - it's a hoax!

One scoop of "copy & paste to screw with the algorithm" between two
slices of "limiting news feed posts to 25 friends". A baloney sandwich!

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How a cryptocurrency-destroying bug almost didn't get reported

A researcher recently revealed how he found a bug that could have
brought the fourth largest cryptocurrency to its knees - and how he
was almost unable to report it.

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