Subj : Sophos Virus News
To   : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Tue Jan 22 2019 13:55:02

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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Rogue websites can turn vulnerable browser extensions into back doors

A researcher has found that websites can use some extensions to bypass
security policies, execute code, and even install other extensions.

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Bicycle-riding hitman convicted with Garmin GPS watch location data

Location data extracted from the athletic hitman's Garmin GPS watch
and TomTom sat nav led to his conviction in two gangland murders.

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WhatsApp fights the spread of deadly fake news with recipient limit

WhatsApp has capped the number of people you can forward messages to,
after India was seized by rumour-inspired mob lynchings.

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DNC targeted by Russian hackers beyond 2018 midterms, it claims

The Democratic National Committee has filed a civil complaint accusing
Russia of trying to hack its computers as recently as November 2018.

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