Subj : Sophos Virus News
To   : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Jan 18 2019 10:52:00

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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Vast data-berg washes up 1.16 billion pwned records

Have I Been Pwned? (HIBP) has revealed a huge cache of breached email
addresses and passwords, which it has named Collection #1.

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Google cracks down on access to your Android phone and SMS data

Android apps that want access to your call and SMS data now have to pass
muster with Google's team of reviewers.

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Did you know you can see the ad boxes Facebook sorts us into?

....or that they can edit the (often inaccurate) pigeon-holes Facebook
likes to put us in, a study found.

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Ep. 015 - USB anti-hacking, bypassing 2FA and government insecurity
[PODCAST]

Here's the latest Naked Security podcast - enjoy!

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YouTube bans dangerous and harmful pranks and challenges

The platform can't keep us from driving while blindfolded, but at
least it can remove videos that glorify our more brainless moments.

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