Subj : Sophos Virus News
To   : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Thu Dec 06 2018 16:55:42

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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Facebook staff's private emails published by fake news inquiry

The cache of seized Facebook documents show how Facebook whitelists
certain companies so they can keep lapping up user data.

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Patch now (if you can!): Latest Android update fixes clutch of RCE flaws

Android's December security bulletin arrived this week with another
decent crop of vulnerabilities to add to the patching list for devices
running version 7.0 Nougat to version 9.0 Pie, including Pixel users.

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Google's private browsing doesn't keep your searches anonymous

DuckDuckGo says you can go right ahead and log out of Google, then enter
private browsing mode, but you'll still see tailored search results.

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Chrome 71 stomps on abusive advertising

Google shipped version 71 of its Chrome browser yesterday, alongside
fixes for 43 security issues. The latest Chrome version also introduces
several new security measures.

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