Subj : Sophos Virus News
To   : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Dec 21 2018 12:02:14

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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Microsoft gets users test driving Patch Tuesday's non-security updates

Are Microsoft's new C and D updates a good idea or a beta by another
name?

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Fortnite hackers making a fortune from reselling stolen accounts

Teenage hackers have been making thousands of pounds selling stolen
accounts for popular online game Fortnite, it emerged this week.

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Nagging text messages can help you to quit smoking

Does nicotine have you in its addictive grip? Chinese researchers have
found that you might be helped with an SMS-based intervention.

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Apple spams users with unwanted "Carpool Karaoke" push notifications

It's U2 deja vu: Apple's yet again shoving stuff at users without
their say-so. This time, it's via the TV app, to some iOS users.

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Update now! Microsoft patches another zero-day flaw

Microsoft has released an emergency patch for a remote code execution
(RCE) zero-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer's Jscript scripting
engine affecting all versions of Windows, including Windows 10.

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Drones shut down major international airport

A drone operator has repeatedly flown two (UAVs close to the runway,
grounding flights at the airport since last night.

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