Subj : Sophos Virus News
To   : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Tue Feb 05 2019 10:09:38

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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Home DNA kit company says it's working with the FBI

FamilyTreeDNA has disclosed that it's opened up more than 1m DNA
profiles to the FBI to help find suspects of violent crime.

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Half of IoT devices let down by vulnerable apps

Half of the apps used to control a range of Internet of Things devices
are insecure in a variety of ways, researchers found.

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Crypto exchange in limbo after founder dies with password

The only person who knew the password is dead, leaving customers unable
to access around $190 million in fiat and virtual currency.

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Kids' GPS watches are still a security "train wreck"

Anyone could have accessed the entire database, including a child's
location, on Gator watches and other models that share its back end.

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