Subj : Sophos Virus News
To   : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Mon Feb 11 2019 12:47:07

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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Crypto mirror on the wall, who's the smartest of them all?

Can scientists out-perform sports stars, musicians and politicians in
recognition and influence? You bet they can!

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McDonalds app users hatin' it after being hacked by hungry hamburglars

At least two users of the McDonalds mobile app aren't lovin' it after
thieves hijacked their accounts and ordered hundreds of dollars of food
for themselves.

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Secret Service busts online car sales crime ring

They posed as military needing to offload cars before deployment,
allegedly posting bogus ads on Craigslist, eBay, and AutoTrader.

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What comes after air gaps? DARPA asks world for ideas

According to DARPA, air gapping computers and data is a security idea
that has run its course and urgently needs to be replaced.

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Get-rich-quick social media scams are turning teens into money mules

Young people are being talked into handing over their bank details with
the promise of some easy cash.

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You can now unsend messages in Facebook Messenger

Facebook Messenger has made available the ability to unsend, or in their
words "remove for everyone" your mis-sent messages.

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Monday review - the hot 24 stories of the week

From the FBI-supporting DNA kit company, to the privacy bug in gay dating
app Jack'd, and everything in between. It's weekly roundup time.

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