Subj : Sophos Virus News
To   : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Wed Nov 14 2018 14:59:12

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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Targeted ransomware attacks - SophosLabs 2019 Threat Report

This year's SophosLabs Threat Report is out. We talk targeted ransomware 
attacks, and in particular, SamSam.

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HTTP/3: Come for the speed, stay for the security

Key personnel at the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) have 
suggested basing the next version of a core web protocol on Google 
technology.

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Support wouldn't change his password, so he mailed them a bomb

The Cryptopay customer asked customer services for a new password. 
They refused, given that it was against the company privacy policy.

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Microsoft update breaks Calendar and Mail on Windows 10 phones

Still reeling from last week's Windows 10 Pro debacle, Microsoft 
dropped a fresh pile of "Oops!" onto Windows 10 Mobile users.

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