Subj : Sophos Virus News
To   : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Jan 04 2019 09:49:15

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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Don't fall victim to the Chromecast hackers - here's what to do

First they came for your printer... and then they came for your
Chromecast - learn how to tighten up your router security.

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Vein authentication beaten by wax hand and photograph

A new presentation shows how vein authentication systems can be fooled
using a fake wax hand model.

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EU to offer nearly $1m in bug bounties for open-source software

Rewards on 15 bug bounty programs start at $28,600 and include open
source software such as KeePass, FileZilla, Drupal and VLC media player.

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